bloodsucker

3 definitions found

bloodsucker - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bloodsucker \Blood"suck`er\, n.
     1. (Zool.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech
        (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species.
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     2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty
        of bloodshed; a murderer. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an
        extortioner.
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bloodsucker - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bloodsucker
      n 1: carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms
           typically having a sucker at each end [syn: leech,
           bloodsucker, hirudinean]

bloodsucker - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "bloodsucker":
     barnacle, bedbug, blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist,
     freeloader, hanger-on, harpy, leech, lounge lizard, moocher,
     mosquito, parasite, predator, profiteer, racketeer, raptor,
     scrounge, scrounger, shakedown artist, shark, spiv, sponge,
     sponger, sucker, tick, vampire, vulture, wood tick