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Drac·u·la

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–noun

1.	(italics) a novel (1897) by Bram Stoker.

2.	Count, the central character in this novel: the archetype of a vampire.

[Origin: ≪ LG Dracol, Dracole, Dracle a by-name of the Wallachian prince Vlad II, “the Impaler” (1431–76); orig. of the name is disputed, but it has long been popularly associated with Rum dracul the devil (drac devil (< L dracō dragon) + -ul definite article)

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Dracula

"king of the vampires" in Bram Stoker's novel (1897). It was a nickname of Prince Vlad of Walachia (d.1476).

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dracula
noun
1.	comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile lips
2.	fictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker