Copper embraced by a fat retired count (7)

I believe the answer is:

dracula

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'count' is the definition.
(Count Dracula)

I don't understand how the rest of the clue works.

(Other definitions for dracula that I've seen before include "Literary vampire" , "Fictional vampire" , "Stoker's Count" , "Bram Stoker's batman" , "gothic novel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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