vampiress

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English

Etymology

From vampire +‎ -ess.

Noun

vampiress (plural vampiresses)

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

Synonyms

Translations

female vampire

Catalan: vampira (ca) f
Dutch: vampirella f
Esperanto: vampirino
French: vampiresse (fr) f
German: Vampirin (de) f
Ido: vampirino
Italian: vampira f (rare)
Polish: wampirzyca (pl) f
Portuguese: vampira f
Romanian: vampiră f
Russian: вампи́рша (ru) f (vampírša), вампире́сса (ru) f (vampirɛ́ssa)
Spanish: vampiresa (es) f, vampira f
Swedish: vampyrkvinna c, vampyrinna (sv) c
Volapük: jivampir

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