vampyre

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Noun

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vampyre (plural vampyres)

  1. Archaic form of vampire.
    • 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 153:
      The Servians paint crosses with tar on the doors of houses and barns to keep out vampyres.