bloodsucker

See also: blood-sucker

English

Alternative forms

• bloudsucker (obsolete)
• bloud-sucker (obsolete)
• blood-sucker

Etymology

blood +‎ sucker

Noun

bloodsucker (plural bloodsuckers)

1. An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
2. (by extension) Any parasite.
3. (by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
4. A vampire.

Related terms

• bloodsucking

Translations

animal that drinks the blood of others

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吸血動物／吸血动物, 吸血动物 (xīxuè dòngwù) (animal), 吸血者 (zh) (xīxuèzhě) (human or animal)

• Danish: blodsuger (da) c
• Dutch: bloedzuiger (nl) m, bloeddrinker m
• Finnish: verenimijä (fi)
• French: suceur de sang (fr) m, suceuse de sang f
• Galician: samesuga f, sanguesuga f
• German: Blutsauger (de) m, Blutsaugerin f
• Japanese: 吸血動物 (きゅうけつどうぶつ, kyūketsu dōbutusu) (animal)
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• Kyrgyz: кан ичер (ky) m or f (kan icer), кан соргуч (ky) m (kan sorguc)
• Mongolian: цус сорогч (cus sorogč)
• Polish: krwiopijca (pl) m
• Portuguese: sugador/chupador de sangue m
• Russian: кровопи́йца (ru) m or f (krovopíjca), кровосо́с (ru) m (krovosós)
• Spanish: sanguijuela (es) f
• Swedish: blodsugare c

parasite — see parasite

one who attempts to take as much from others as possible

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吸血鬼 (zh) (xīxuèguǐ)

• Czech: vyděrač (cs)
• Dutch: vampier (nl) m, bloeddrinker m
• Finnish: verenimijä (fi)
• French: sangsue (fr) f (a leech)
• German: Blutsauger (de) m
• Kyrgyz: эзүүчү (ky) m or f (ezüücü)
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• Norwegian: blodsuger (no) m
• Polish: krwiopijca (pl) m
• Portuguese: sanguessuga (pt) f, parasita (pt) m or f
• Russian: кровопи́йца (ru) m or f (krovopíjca), вымога́тель (ru) m (vymogátelʹ) (extortioner), эксплуата́тор (ru) m (ekspluatátor) (exploiter)
• Spanish: sanguijuela (es) f, chupasangre, chupóptero (es) (Spain)
• Swahili: mnyonya-damu
• Swedish: blodsugare c, utsugare c

vampire — see vampire