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vamper

noun
/ˈvæmpə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From vamp + -er.

  1. derived from avantpied
  2. derived from vampe
  3. inherited from vaumpe
  4. suffixed as vamper — “vamp + er”

Definitions

  1. One who vamps

    One who vamps; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; a cobbler.

    • Cibber, a vamper of other men’s plays, has borrowed from it his favourite Nonjuror, and applied it to the purposes of a political party.

  2. To swagger

    To swagger; to make an ostentatious show.

    • The temple of thy body, look with scorn, Why doth that vamper'd glution eat no more

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA