Resurrectionist

Quick meaning: Resurrectionist is a noun meaning (euphemistic, historical) One who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, etc., especially by exhuming corpses from graves; a graverobber.

Meaning

(euphemistic, historical) One who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, etc., especially by exhuming corpses from graves; a graverobber.

More Meanings

1. (religion) A believer in a future bodily resurrection.
2. One who resurrects an abandoned idea, practice, etc.; a revivalist.
3. (humorous, obsolete) One who sells repaired or reconditioned goods; a refurbisher.
4. (equestrianism, humorous, obsolete) A racehorse that (once or numerously) suddenly recovers its stamina midrace.

Example Sentences

We have no taste for enacting the part of literary resurrectionists.

One... who makes open profession of dealing in dead bodies and is well known by the name of the Resurrectionist.

Bank is a theatrical resurrectionist: His New York-based company... specializes in unearthing and staging ‘neglected but worthy’ works.

Some of the habitual buyers [of ostrich feathers] have nicknames, and those who do a local business and buy for re-selling are known as ‘resurrectionists’.

Word Forms

• resurrectionists

Synonyms for resurrectionist

Depending on context, synonyms include bodysnatcher, resurrectioner.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include graverobber, resurrectioner, embalmer, resurrector, gravedigger, exhumator.

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