Meanings
nounblooder (plural blooders)
plural blooders
- A person or creature which draws blood
- A bloodsucker
The bat is so dexterous a blooder, as to insinuate its tongue into a vein without being perceived, it then sucks the blood till it is satiated, all the while fanning with its wings, and agitating the air […]
1810, Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon, A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, page 278
Origin
- Middle Englishbloder
- Englishblooder
From Middle English bloder, equivalent to blood + -er.
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APA
blooder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blooder
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blooder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blooder.
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