"Drac" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Drac
  1. An abbreviated nickname for the fictional vampire Dracula. Categories (topical): Fictional characters Synonyms: Dracula, Count Dracula

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          "ref": "2004, Steve Rushin, The Caddie Was a Reindeer and Other Tales of Extreme Recreation",
          "text": "Still, the Count graciously agrees to […] do a brief roll call of his manifold Dracula tattoos. \"That's a Drac, that's a Drac, that's a Drac, that's a demon, and that's for me,\" he says of the tattoo on his right arm that reads donna. The full-length Dracula on his back, alas, is but one third complete.",
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