resurrectionist
[rez-uh-rek-shuh-nist]
- 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.
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Origin of resurrectionist
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You have been a resurrectionist (as it is called), I understand?
You have been a resurrectionist (as it is called) I understand?
The History of Burke and HareGeorge Mac Gregor
Diary of a Resurrectionist, description and authorship of, 124.fac-simile of page of, 138.
The Diary of a Resurrectionist, 1811-1812James 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 MinisterJ. M. Barrie
Taylor was recognised as a notorious body-snatcher, or resurrectionist, and Martin was an undertaker.
resurrectionist
- 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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