English dictionary

vampire

/'v/&/mp/aI//-/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living

noun.person

Synonyms lamia

Source: WordNet 3.0
A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730.

noun

Source: webster1913