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vampire

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Word definitions for vampire in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In the fictional world of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series Angel , a vampire is a unique variety of demon that can only exist on the earthly plane by inhabiting and animating a human corpse. In Fray , a Buffy comic ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
spectral being in a human body who maintains semblance of life by leaving the grave at night to suck the warm blood of the living as they sleep, 1734, from French vampire (18c.) or German Vampir (1732, in an account of Hungarian vampires), from Hungarian ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living [syn: lamia ]

Usage examples of vampire.

He wanted to save me from the vampires, and only when Adeem interfered did he promise to turn me.

The ailing vampire met my eyes, clearly wanting to talk to me, but DeLavine took his other arm in a show of concern born from memory, not love, and escorted him to the door.

From the corner of my sight I watched Nick leave the bathroom, looking like the ailing vampire who was sitting beside me, trying to attract anyone in an apron.

I believe you when you say that Akasha, the first of the vampires, was created when an evil spirit invaded every fiber of her being, a spirit which had, before attacking her, acquired a taste for human blood.

Did the Grand Dame Alpha contact the vampires or police about the murder?

By instinct Karl stepped sideways into the dimension from which Kristian had first appeared, the world aslant that only vampires could enter, which they called the Crystal Ring.

Vampires can move into another dimension, a world aslant from this, which we call the Crystal Ring.

It was as though there were small, vicious fish inside her, tearing at her vampire flesh, at the atrophied organs that should not have been sensitive to pain.

And she, Clair Frankenstein, was going to prove it by accosting one of these elusive London vampires in its own home.

Besides, Clair thought, flushing with excitement, by the time she was done she would not only have unearthed a vampire in London but a werewolf as well.

The musky snake odor of the vampire mingled with the curdled whale-meat stench of the giant horror, odors so rank Johan wanted to gag.

The vampires at Guilty Pleasures and Danse Macabre would sometimes use group mind tricks to make performers appear in the midst of the human audience.

Vampires can dematerialize at will, though they must be able to calm themselves and concentrate to do so and may not carry anything heavy with them.

Like any vampire worth his salt, he could dematerialize at will and travel over vast distances, but that was a hard trick to pull off if you had to carry anything heavy.

His mortal form went plummeting to the earth but before Daklin could even draw the hook back from his waist, a mist enshrouded the vampire and when it cleared, a huge, black winged hawk was flying upwards.