Usually means: Mythical creature that drinks blood.
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We found 37 dictionaries that define the word vampire:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. vampire: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. vampire: Merriam-Webster
  3. vampire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. vampire: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. vampire: Collins English Dictionary
  6. vampire: Vocabulary.com
  7. Vampire, vampire: Wordnik
  8. vampire: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. vampire: Wiktionary
  10. vampire: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. vampire: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. vampire: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. vampire: Dictionary.com
  14. vampire: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. vampire: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  17. Vampire: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. vampire: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. vampire: Rhymezone
  20. vampire, vampire (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. vampire: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. vampire: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. Vampire: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  24. vampire: FreeDictionary.org
  25. vampire: Mnemonic Dictionary
  26. vampire: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. vampire: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. vampire: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. vampire: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. VAMPIRE: Acronym Finder
  3. vampire: The Skeptic's Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. vampire: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. The Vampire: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See vampireing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living.
noun:  (colloquial) A person with the medical condition Porphyria cutanea tarda, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth.
noun:  A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
noun:  (figurative, derogatory) A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.
noun:  (dated) A vamp: a seductive woman who exploits men.
noun:  (US, slang) A medical technician who works with patients' blood.
noun:  (US naval jargon) Synonym of anti-ship missile (ASM), particularly an incoming hostile one.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To drain of energy or resources.

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