ˈdrakyələ noun
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: after Count Dracula, a vampire depicted in the novel Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker died 1912 British writer
: one who maintains a relationship like that of a vampire toward another by sapping his physical or emotional strength
I wish I could find a truly cruel, fiendish woman, a sheer vicious Dracula — Calder Willingham