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  • noun mythology, fiction a half-human - half-vampire mythical hybrid creature

Etymologies

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From Albanian dhampir

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Examples

  • (From Amazon. com): Dorina Basarab is a dhampir-half-human, half-vampire.

    WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR JANUARY 3RD | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010

  • Five years ago, virginal Lyra Magice had fled powerful dhampir Theron LeNoir's advances.

    OOTB Tour: Veiled Truth by Vivi Anna Nalini Singh 2008

  • But now an ancient text the dhampir possesses holds the key to solving murders that have plagued Necropolis.

    OOTB Tour: Veiled Truth by Vivi Anna Nalini Singh 2008

  • Unwilling to reveal his dark past, the dhampir soon discovers that Lyra — a witch of great power — is to be the sacrificial virgin in a demonic scheme to open a portal to hell itself.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Nalini Singh 2008

  • But now an ancient text the dhampir possesses holds the key to solving murders that have plagued Necropolis.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Nalini Singh 2008

  • Five years ago, virginal Lyra Magice had fled powerful dhampir Theron LeNoir's advances.

    Archive 2008-09-01 Nalini Singh 2008

  • Unwilling to reveal his dark past, the dhampir soon discovers that Lyra — a witch of great power — is to be the sacrificial virgin in a demonic scheme to open a portal to hell itself.

    OOTB Tour: Veiled Truth by Vivi Anna Nalini Singh 2008

  • In Madison, Wisconsin, Mercury Crossing bookstore manager Witch Garnet Lacey and her vampire fiancé Sebastian are making wedding plans when his dhampir son Matyas manages to wake up his mother, Tereza, who has been in a coma for centuries.

    Dead If I Do-Tate Hallaway « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews 2009

  • Traitor to the Blood is the forth novel in the series by Barb and J.C. Hendee which follows the adventures of Magiere (a dhampir, half-human/half-vampire), Leesil (a half-human/half-elf), and their equally unique companions.

    Traitor to the Blood - SciFiChick.com 2006

  • Traitor to the Blood is the forth novel in the series by Barb and J.C. Hendee which follows the adventures of Magiere (a dhampir, half-human/half-vampire), Leesil (a half-human/half-elf), and their equally unique companions.

    2006 January - SciFiChick.com 2006

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