vampyre

plural vampyres

1. Archaic and pseudo-archaic form of vampire.

   The Servians paint crosses with tar on the doors of houses and barns to keep out vampyres.

   1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 153

   2 more examples

   Although "gothic," "dark fetish," "faerie," "Wiccan" and "Celtic" are all acceptable garb, patrons (most of whom are in their 20's and 30's) usually opt for "vampyre" or simply all black. […] (Vampyres like to spell their name with the "y" to distinguish themselves from literary or Hollywood vamps.)

   2000 November 24, Margaret Mittelbach, Michael Crewdson, “To Die For: Painting the Town Red, and the Capes and Nails Black”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2025

   Most of Manhattan's 4,000 vampires - or "vampyres", as Huston prefers to call them - have organised themselves into clans: […]

   2007 February 24, Isobel Montgomery, James Smart, Keith Brooke, “Spooked”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2025