Wiktionary
n. A female vampire.
Usage examples of "vampiress".
Histra’s head snapped back violently, but again, if the blow had hurt the vampiress, she did not show it.
She tried to twist away, hit Histra with a rapid series of kicks and punches—all in vital areas—but the vampiress held on stubbornly.
Danica quickly retrieved her other enchanted dagger and stood facing the vampiress, not backing down an inch.
She lashed out with her remaining dagger, more to throw the vampiress off balance than to score a hit, then spun to the side and down, coming around with a circling kick that caught the dodging Histra on the back of the leg.
The abruptly change in the timbre of her voice confirmed Danica’s suspicions that the vampiress was walking a very fine line.
The vampiress lifted her head, her already grotesque features seeming more so as they twisted with mounting rage.
Fortunately for the dwarf, he rotated the other way this time, and somehow the counterspin took all the dizziness from him, so that when he stopped (and luck again was with him), he found himself facing the advancing vampiress squarely.
The vampiress tried to reach up and fight off the attack, but there was no strength in her trembling arms.
Finally, the vampiress collapsed, and Cadderly heard the thump as Histra fell hard to the floor.
Still, the vampiress seemed much more peaceful in real death than she had a moment before.
Histra's head snapped back violently, but again, if the blow had hurt the vampiress, she did not show it.
The abruptly change in the timbre of her voice confirmed Danica's suspicions that the vampiress was walking a very fine line.
I also knew that she was a vampiress of considerable influence in the Nevernever.
She didn’t really comprehend it, but she understood that Bianca was a badass vampiress who sometimes squabbled for territory.
We both knew that if one of Bianca’s girls was involved, the vampiress must have been involved somehow, too.