Dictionary entry

Bloodsucker

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Blood″suck′er (�), n. 1. (Zoöl.) 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. Shak.

3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.