wampyr
English
Noun
wampyr (plural wampyrs)
- (horror fiction) vampire
- 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, New York: Doubleday & McClure, published 1899, page xviii. 241:
- '[A]nd in one manuscript this very Dracula is spoken of as "wampyr", which we all understood too well.'
- 2015, William Mark Simmons, One Foot in the Grave:
- "This is difficult to prove as there are no remains — ergo, no brain — to dissect following a wampyr's death."