daywalker

Walks in sunshine

A daywalker is a vampire who can move about in sunlight without being harmed—a rarity in most vampire lore, where sun exposure is fatal.

The term gained currency from the *Blade* films, whose half-vampire protagonist had this ability.

More loosely, daywalker describes anyone who seems to defy the usual limitations of their kind: As a redhead who actually tans, she's a daywalker.

Night-shift workers sometimes use it ironically for colleagues who work normal hours.

vampire

hybrid

Thing of mixed parentage

immortal · nocturnal · twilight · coven · hemoglobin · thirst · slayer · Marvel · serum · turning

schedule

nine-to-five

Regular office schedule

conventional · mainstream · routine

slang

ginger

Pungent culinary rhizome

sunburn · sunscreen · photosensitive · fair-skinned · SPF · parasol · sunglasses · albino · light-sensitive · complexion

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Opposites
temporal activity period

daywalkernightwalker

One who walks asleep

night owl · creature of the night · night prowler · night crawler · nocturnal

vampire mythology status

daywalkerNosferatu

1922 German vampire film

redhead slang connotation

daywalkerginger

Pungent culinary rhizome

Family

day, walk, walker, days, daily, daylight, daytime, walked, walks

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