bloodsucker

[ bluhd-suhk-er ]

/ ˈblʌdˌsʌk ər /

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noun

any animal that sucks blood, especially a leech.

an extortioner or usurer.

sponger (def. 2).

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Origin of bloodsucker

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at blood, sucker

OTHER WORDS FROM bloodsucker

bloodsucking, adjective

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How to use bloodsucker in a sentence

A bloodsucking skill because, if done right, it means, in a business sense, never growing old.
The Stacks: How Leonard Chess Helped Make Muddy Waters|Alex Belth|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It does push him toward drawing a caricature of his own, one of slathering, bloodsucking right-wingers.
In Defense of the British Worker|Peter Hoskin|July 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
I have to pay a guinea to a bloodsucking composer when I want a song.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes|Israel Zangwill
If he had drowned thee, thou wouldst not have lived to bite my poor girl, like a bloodsucking vampire.
The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Vol. II (of 2)|Charles de Coster

The really bloodsucking Bats of this family belong to the genera Desmodus and Diphylla.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard
Again, there are four things which like the bloodsucking horse-leech are always insatiable.
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Proverbs|R. F. Horton
This should not appear strange when it is considered that some animals harbor several thousand of the bloodsucking parasites.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle|U.S. Department of Agriculture

British Dictionary definitions for bloodsucker

bloodsucker

/ (ˈblʌdˌsʌkə) /

noun

an animal that sucks blood, esp a leech or mosquito

a person or thing that preys upon another person, esp by extorting money

Derived forms of bloodsucker

bloodsucking, adjective

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Origin of bloodsucker

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