Definition of "vampyre" []

• Obsolete spelling of vampire. (noun)

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• "They were of the kind which is commonly called the vampyre, and measured from three to four feet between the expanded wings."
• "He is called the vampyre Flood, and he didn't say, but I think he is descended from European royalty — a viscount or a discount or one of those."
• "The landlord had just opened his mouth to make some remark, when he was stopped by the violent ringing of what he now called the vampyre's bell, since it proceeded from the room where the Hungarian nobleman was."