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vampire

 (n): (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living
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2 months ago frindley said:

See transitive vampire.

6 months ago rolig said:

1734, from Fr. vampire or Ger. Vampir (1732, in an account of Hungarian vampires), from Hung. vampir, from Old Church Slavonic opiri (cf. Serb. vampir, Bulg. vapir, Ukrainian uper), said by Slavic linguist Franc Miklošič to be ult. from Kazan Tatar ubyr "witch." – Online Etymology Dictionary

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