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bloodsucker

[bluhd-suhk-er]

Origin

noun

any animal that sucks blood, especially a leech.

an extortioner or usurer.

sponger (def. 2).

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see blood, sucker

Related forms

blood·suck·ing, adjective

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bloodsucker (ˈblʌdˌsʌkə)

—n
1.	an animal that sucks blood, esp a leech or mosquito
2.	a person or thing that preys upon another person, esp by extorting money

'bloodsucking

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

bloodsucker

late 14c., from blood + sucker; in the figurative sense it is attested from 1660s.

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