RESURRECTIONIST

Etymology

Noun

resurrectionist (plural resurrectionists)

(euphemistic, historical) One who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, etc, especially by exhuming corpses from graves; a graverobber.

(religion) A believer in a future bodily resurrection.

One who resurrects an abandoned idea, practice, etc.; a revivalist.

(jocular, obsolete) One who sells repaired or reconditioned goods; a refurbisher.

(horses, jocular, obsolete) A racehorse that (once or numerously) suddenly recovers its stamina midrace.

Synonyms

• bodysnatcher

• resurrection man

Source: Wiktionary


Res`ur*rec"tion*ist, n.

Definition: One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection. [Slang]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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