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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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