fossor
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fossor
1850–55; < Latin: digger ( Late Latin: gravedigger), equivalent to fod ( ere ) to dig + -tor -tor, with dt > ss
Example Sentences
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The range of fossor in Utah, as now understood, is limited to the mountainous parts of the state south and east of the Colorado and Green rivers in Grand and San Juan counties.
From The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 Kansas University Publications. by Stephen D. Durrant
He was surprised that Severus and the fossor had not come to look for him, feeling confident that he was following the gallery they had taken.
From Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome by William Henry Giles Kingston
The people were careworn and emaciated, and their faces were characterized by the same pallor which Marcellus had observed in the fossor.
From The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome by Anonymous
"Aurelius shall share the tomb," said Hilarus, the fossor, "which he made for himself while yet alive, beside his noble wife, Aurelia Theudosia."
From Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs by William Henry Withrow
He had carefully noted the distance he had come since leaving the mouth of the passage along which Severus and the fossor, he was now satisfied, had proceeded.
From Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome by William Henry Giles Kingston
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