noun
- Folklore a corpse that becomes reanimated and leaves its grave at night to suck the blood of sleeping persons
- an unscrupulous person who preys ruthlessly on others, as a blackmailer or usurer
- a beautiful but unscrupulous woman who seduces, exploits, and then ruins men
- vampire bat
Origin:
Fr < Ger vampir, of Slav orig., as in Serb vàmpīr