resurrectionist

[ rez-uh-rek-shuh-nist ]

/ ˌrɛz əˈrɛk ʃə nɪst /

noun

a person who brings something to life or view again.

Also called resurrection man. a person who exhumes and steals dead bodies, especially for dissection; body snatcher.

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Origin of resurrectionist

First recorded in 1770–80; resurrection + -ist

Words nearby resurrectionist

resurrection, resurrection fern, resurrection plant, resurrectionary, resurrectionism, resurrectionist, resurvey, resuscitate, resuscitation, resuscitator, resveratrol

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Example sentences from the Web for resurrectionist

In a sense it does not belong to the resurrectionist movement, but as it relates indirectly to it, it may be given.
The History of Burke and Hare|George Mac Gregor
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
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
We doubt whether ever resurrectionist felt himself in such a quandary.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 66, No. 408, January 1849|Various

He belonged to a gang that worked for the Resurrectionist, an inhabitant of the Borough, who was a famous trader to the surgeons.
The Road to Paris|Robert Neilson Stephens

British Dictionary definitions for resurrectionist

resurrectionist

/ (ˌrɛzəˈrɛkʃənɪst) /

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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