vampire
n. countablen. a monster from stories that drinks the blood of living people. In modern movies, they are often shown as very fast, strong, and afraid of the sun.
n. a preternatural being, commonly of folkloric origin, that subsists by feeding on the vital essence of the living. In contemporary fiction, the concept is frequently used as a metaphor for parasitic social or emotional relationships.
The movie is about a vampire who lives in an old castle.
Legends say that a vampire cannot enter your home unless you invite them inside first.
The gothic novel transformed the vampire from a bloated peasant corpse of eastern European folklore into a sophisticated, aristocratic predator that haunts the drawing rooms of high society.
From French vampire, from German Vampir, via Hungarian from a Slavic word, probably Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr /ва̀мпӣр, from Proto-Slavic *ǫpyrь. Doublet of oupire.