wampyr

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Noun

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wampyr (plural wampyrs)

  1. (fantasy) vampire
    • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Doubleday & McClure, published 1899, page xviii. 241:
      '[A]nd in one manuscript this very Dracula is spoken of as "wampyr", which we all understood too well.'
    • 2015, William Mark Simmons, One Foot in the Grave[1]:
      "This is difficult to prove as there are no remains — ergo, no brain — to dissect following a wampyr's death."