bloodsucker Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end
    leech; hirudinean.

WordNet


Blood"suck`er noun
Definitions
  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. Obs. Shak.
  3. A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.

Webster 1913