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name
The fictional vampire in the novel of the same name by Bram Stoker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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Synonyms: Count Dracula
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name
A former prince of Wallachia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any vampire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
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noun
fictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fictional character, fictitious character, character
noun
comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: genus Dracula
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Broader terms: monocot genus, liliopsid genus
History
From the name Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Țepeș (“Vlad the Impaler”)), from the name of his father Vlad II Dracul, who was given the name Dracul by the Order of the Dragon. Dracul (literally “the Devil”) comes from the Romanian drac (“devil”), itself deriving from the Latin dracō (“dragon”).
Across languages
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
