Meanings
plural wampyrs
- fantasyvampire
'[A]nd in one manuscript this very Dracula is spoken of as "wampyr", which we all understood too well.'
1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Doubleday & McClure, published 1899, page xviii. 2411 more example
"This is difficult to prove as there are no remains — ergo, no brain — to dissect following a wampyr's death."
2015, William Mark Simmons, One Foot in the Grave
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