vampire
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Folklorevampirevam‧pire /ˈvæmpaɪə $ -paɪr/ noun [countable] RFin stories, a dead person that sucks people’s blood by biting their necksOrigin vampire (1700-1800) French German vampir, from Serbo-Croat, perhaps from Turkish uber “witch”