bloodsucker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bloodsucker	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bloodsucker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bloodsucker n carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end Synonym(s): leech, bloodsucker, hirudinean
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bloodsucker \Blood"suck`er\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech ({Hirudo medicinalis}), and related species. 2. One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.