vam‧pire /ˈvæmpaɪə $ -paɪr/
noun [countable][
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: French;
Origin: German vampir, from Serbo-Croat, perhaps from Turkish uber 'witch']
in stories, a dead person that sucks people’s blood by biting their necks
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