vampiress

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noun

A female vampire.

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vampirettevampirina
OriginEnglish vampire ← French vampire →
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Meanings

nounvampiress (plural vampiresses)

plural vampiresses

  1. A female vampire.

    Here, the vampiress personifies righteous indignation, a one-woman lynch mob.

    1975, Angela Carter, “The Art of Horrorzines”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 551

    Synonyms: vampirette, vampirina

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA female vampire.

Similar
vampirettevampirina
Also see
vampirettevampirina

Origin

  1. Frenchvampire
  2. Englishvampire
  3. Englishvampiress

From vampire + -ess.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan vampira
  • vampirafemale vampire
Dutch vampirella
  • vampirellafemale vampire
Esperanto vampirino
  • vampirinofemale vampire
French vampiresse
  • vampiressefemale vampire
German Vampirin
  • Vampirinfemale vampire
Italian vampira
  • vampirafemale vampire
Polish wampirzyca
  • wampirzycafemale vampire
Portuguese vampira
  • vampirafemale vampire
Romanian vampiră
  • vampirăfemale vampire
Russian вампи́рша, вампире́сса
  • вампи́рша (vampírša)female vampire
  • вампире́сса (vampirɛ́ssa)female vampire
Spanish vampiresa, vampira
  • vampiresafemale vampire
  • vampirafemale vampire
Swedish vampyrkvinna, vampyrinna
  • vampyrkvinnafemale vampire
  • vampyrinnafemale vampire
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APA

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Chicago

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