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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: German vampir, from Serbo-Croat, perhaps from Turkish uber 'witch'

vampire

 noun
     
Related topics: Folklore
vam‧pire [countable]
RF in stories, a dead person that sucks people's blood by biting their necks
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