Dracula
[ drak-yuh-luh ]
/ ˈdræk yə lə /
noun
(italics)
a novel (1897) by Bram Stoker.
Count,
the central character in this novel: the archetype of a vampire.
Origin of Dracula
≪ Low German
Dracol, Dracole, Dracle a by-name of the Wallachian prince Vlad II, “the Impaler” (1431–76); orig. of the name is disputed, but it has long been popularly associated with Romanian
dracul the devil (
drac devil (< Latin
dracō
dragon) +
-ul definite article)