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fangdom

/ˈfæŋdəm/

fangdom noun: the community or sphere of vampires.

Noun (1)

fangdom (countable and uncountable, plural fangdoms)

  1. The community or sphere of vampires.
    • Tony Randall plays Baker Street’s best while Sid Caesar chews up the scenery as the first of fangdom.1986 October, “Fantasy Film Marquee”, in Monster Land, number 13, page 5
    • Back then I was essentially the Rodney King of fangdom, just wishing we could all get along.2005, Mark Wm. Simmons, Habeas Corpses, page 389
  2. The state or quality of being a vampire.
    • A notation hadn't been added to his chart in regards to his fangdom and she wasn't about to tack it on.2013, Celia Kyle, Poking the Vamp, unnumbered page
    • With that in mind, Madison continued to scrutinize the faces around her, picking out likely candidates for fangdom in the crowd.2014, Linda Thomas-Sundstrom, Immortal Obsession, page 15

Noun (2)

fangdom (countable and uncountable, plural fangdoms)

  1. (slang) The community of vampire fans, particularly vampiroid lifestylers.
    • Fangdom then naturally branches out to other pop-culture-related groups, like scholars that specialise in modem vampire culture and varnpire mythology, and role-players that partake in Vampire-related live-action role-play, or LARP usually in relation to one of the most famous fanged LARP games...2007, Poppy-Jay Palmer, “The secret lives of vampires”, in Sarah Bankes, editor, History of Vampires, page 124
    • Sometimes called "lifestylers" or the "fangdom," they don't see themselves as actual vampires.2018, Peter Laws, The Frighteners: A Journey Through Our Cultural Fascination with the Macabre, unnumbered page

Examples of fangdom in a sentence

  • Since Count Rachlav was the head of the Romanian faction of Vampires and therefore a VIP in Fangdom, it would be an honor for any Fey to host him.2007, Talia Gryphon, Key to Conflict, page 165:
  • Amora believed that male vampires were not much different than mortal men, truly, despite their coming to fangdom.2025, Ariel Dawn, Blood of My Heart, unnumbered page:
  • But theres one particular love triangle that took the vampire fandom (or fangdom) by storm...yes, I'm talking about Twilight.2023, Insha Fitzpatrick, Hanging with Vampires: A Totally Factual Field Guide to the Supernatural, page 109:

Synonyms of fangdom

Forms of fangdom

pluralfangdoms

Origin of fangdom

From fang + -dom.

Blend of fang + fandom.

Questions about fangdom

What does fangdom mean?
Fangdom means the community or sphere of vampires.
How do you use fangdom in a sentence?
Since Count Rachlav was the head of the Romanian faction of Vampires and therefore a VIP in Fangdom, it would be an honor for any Fey to host him.
What part of speech is fangdom?
Fangdom is a noun.
How do you pronounce fangdom?
Fangdom is pronounced /ˈfæŋdəm/.
What is the plural of fangdom?
The plural of fangdom is fangdoms.

Words near fangdom in the dictionary

  1. fangboys
  2. Fangcheng
  3. Fangchenggang
  4. fangchinoline
  5. Fangchuan
  6. fangdom
  7. fanged
  8. fanged it
  9. fanger
  10. fangers
  11. Fangfoss

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