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vampiress

vampiress noun: a female vampire.

Noun

vampiress (plural vampiresses)

  1. A female vampire.
    • Here, the vampiress personifies righteous indignation, a one-woman lynch mob.1975, Angela Carter, “The Art of Horrorzines”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 551

Synonyms of vampiress

Forms of vampiress

pluralvampiresses

Origin of vampiress

From vampire + -ess.

Questions about vampiress

What does vampiress mean?
Vampiress means a female vampire.
What part of speech is vampiress?
Vampiress is a noun.
What is the plural of vampiress?
The plural of vampiress is vampiresses.

Words near vampiress in the dictionary

  1. vampireless
  2. vampirelike
  3. vampires
  4. vampires' teabags
  5. vampiresque
  6. vampiress
  7. vampiresses
  8. vampirette
  9. vampirettes
  10. vampirey
  11. vampireyness

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