vampire
A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living.
Example
“Bram Stoker's novel Dracula built on centuries-old stories of vampires and also encouraged new growth of the mythology.”
Other meanings
A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
A person with habits traditionally ascribed to (literal) vampires, such as heliophobia, being a night owl, having pale skin, and so on.
“Somehow I doubt that Kelly will want to go surfing with us — she's such a vampire that she might recoil from the sun, lol!”
Example sentences
Word history
From German "Vampir".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “vampire” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.