gravedigger
noun
a person whose occupation is digging graves.
gravediggers
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pluralof gravedigger.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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One relates the tale of her gravediggers, who carry the secret of her true burial place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
In a secluded area of La Esperanza cemetery in La Guaira, gravediggers buried more than 150 bodies still unidentified since the earthquakes, AFP journalists saw.
From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026
He is examining a pile of rich red earth, dug up a few hours before by local gravediggers to make space for a coffin.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
Their families were overcome with grief as gravediggers shoveled soil on top of their coffins.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
Those few Philadelphians he encountered shunned him, just as they shunned the black nurses, gravediggers, carters of the dead, doctors, bloodletters, and anyone who worked at or even visited Bush Hill.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
