resurrectionist

[rez-uh-rek-shuh-nist]

noun

a person who brings something to life or view again.
a believer in resurrection.
Also called resurrection man. a person who exhumes and steals dead bodies, especially for dissection; body snatcher.

Origin of resurrectionist

First recorded in 1770–80; resurrection + -ist

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Examples from the Web for resurrectionist

Historical Examples of resurrectionist

You have been a resurrectionist (as it is called), I understand?
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2
Camden Pelham
You have been a resurrectionist (as it is called) I understand?
The History of Burke and Hare
George Mac Gregor
Diary of a Resurrectionist, description and authorship of, 124.fac-simile of page of, 138.
The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812
James Blake Bailey
But peering from the 87 window, he saw that the resurrectionist was a dog, which already had its teeth in the cloak.
The Little Minister
J. M. Barrie
Taylor was recognised as a notorious body-snatcher, or resurrectionist, and Martin was an undertaker.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2
Camden Pelham

British Dictionary definitions for resurrectionist

resurrectionist

noun

facetious (formerly) a body snatcher
a member of an Anglican religious community founded in 1892
a person who believes in the Resurrection

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