sanguinarian

plural sanguinarians

1. A person who consumes human blood as part of the vampiroid subculture.

   “I've never met a sanguinarian who actually gets any form of sustenance off drinking blood,” he says.

   2007, Paul Bibeau, Sundays with Vlad: From Pennsylvania to Transylvania, One Man's Quest to Live in the World of the Undead, page 193

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   Some sanguinarians love specific blood types — instead of ‘What’s your star sign?’ they ask ‘What’s your blood type?’

   2005, Arlene Russo, Vampire Nation, page 107

   Sanguinarians have willing donors (known as black swans); they do not prowl around the streets looking to ambush someone like Anne Rice’s vampire Lestat.

   2008, Rosemary Guiley, Vampires: Mysteries, Legends, And Unexplained Phenomena, page 105

comparative more sanguinarian · superlative most sanguinarian

1. Of, related to, or belonging to the sanguinarian lifestyle.

   Most sanguinarian vampires complain of barely controllable cravings.

   2005, Arlene Russo, quoting Katharina Katt, Vampire Nation, page 112

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   At the same time, many sanguinarian vampyres satisfy their cravings by substituting physical blood with psychic/pranic energy.

   2007, Raven Digitalis, Goth Craft: The Magickal Side of Dark Culture, page 262

   In addition to or in lieu of human donors, some sanguinarian vampires consume animal blood.

   2009, Joseph Laycock, Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampirism, page 9