Dracula
noun/ˈdɹækjʊlə/ · /ˈdɹækjələ/
Etymology 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”).
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Nonstandard Any vampire.
- But he would have had to have been over 250 years old! Like a Dracula or something.2004 November 16, Brian Mitsoda, Chad Moore, TJ Perillo, Jason D. Anderson, Leonard Boyarsky, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, →OCLC, spoken by Dr. Ingvar Johansen (J. Grant Albrecht):
- Related terms
- Count Dracula, Nosferatu