Definitions

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  • noun A human who feeds on blood.

Etymologies

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Latin sanguis, "blood"

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Examples

  • Does that mean that anyone who dresses in black and wears heavy eyeliner is a sanguinarian?

    Quench (2007) 2007

  • "Psychic and sanguinarian vampires are individuals who cannot adequately sustain their own physical, mental or spiritual wellbeing without the taking of blood or vital life force energy from other sources, often human," Merticus said, who discounted the fictional idea of cloaked figures draining doe-eyed virgins of their blood.

    The Walton Tribune: News 2009

  • "Psychic and sanguinarian vampires are individuals who cannot adequately sustain their own physical, mental or spiritual wellbeing without the taking of blood or vital life force energy from other sources, often human," Merticus said, who discounted the fictional idea of cloaked figures draining doe-eyed virgins of their blood.

    The Walton Tribune: News 2009

  • "Psychic and sanguinarian vampires are individuals who cannot adequately sustain their own physical, mental or spiritual wellbeing without the taking of blood or vital life force energy from other sources, often human," Merticus said, who discounted the fictional idea of cloaked figures draining doe-eyed virgins of their blood.

    The Walton Tribune: News 2009

  • Instead, Merticus, a name he chose to identify himself, and other "real" vampires say they feel the need to feed from other people in order to fully survive, either on blood - as sanguinarian vampires do - or through contact with "life force," as psychic vampires do.

    The Walton Tribune: News 2009

  • Instead, Merticus, a name he chose to identify himself, and other "real" vampires say they feel the need to feed from other people in order to fully survive, either on blood - as sanguinarian vampires do - or through contact with "life force," as psychic vampires do.

    The Walton Tribune: News 2009

  • Instead, Merticus, a name he chose to identify himself, and other "real" vampires say they feel the need to feed from other people in order to fully survive, either on blood - as sanguinarian vampires do - or through contact with "life force," as psychic vampires do.

    The Walton Tribune: News 2009

  • "Psychic and sanguinarian vampires are individuals who cannot adequately sustain their own physical, mental or spiritual wellbeing without the taking of blood or vital life force energy from other sources, often human," Merticus said, who discounted the fictional idea of cloaked figures draining doe-eyed virgins of their blood.

    The Walton Tribune: News 2009

  • Instead, Merticus, a name he chose to identify himself, and other "real" vampires say they feel the need to feed from other people in order to fully survive, either on blood - as sanguinarian vampires do - or through contact with "life force," as psychic vampires do.

    The Walton Tribune: News 2009

  • Instead, Merticus, a name he chose to identify himself, and other "real" vampires say they feel the need to feed from other people in order to fully survive, either on blood - as sanguinarian vampires do - or through contact with "life force," as psychic vampires do.

    The Walton Tribune: News 2009

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  • https://thefederalist.com/2017/06/16/trans-mainstreaming-blood-drinking-twerking-second-graders-will-ever-say-enough/

    Yesterday I learned a new word: sanguinarian. It’s as bad as it sounds, as I discovered in the secret vampire group, where 2,000 group members exchange resources for best ways to find willing human donors for their blood consumption and how to keep the habit a secret from their immediate circles who would never understand what it’s like to be an actual vampire. It’s an elevated life form, one that common folk could never understand. But still not hurting anyone…okay, well at least not without their consent. So what’s the problem?

    June 17, 2017