"gravekeeper" meaning in All languages combined

See gravekeeper on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: gravekeepers [plural]
Etymology: From grave + keeper. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|grave|keeper}} grave + keeper Head templates: {{en-noun}} gravekeeper (plural gravekeepers)
  1. A graveyard attendant.
    Sense id: en-gravekeeper-en-noun-l2mI~O~b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "1": "en",
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      },
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      "name": "compound"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From grave + keeper.",
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      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1942, Emily Carr, “Cemetery”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:",
          "text": "This cemetery had a gravekeeper who kept the graves from getting muddled together with weeds and brambles.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A graveyard attendant."
      ],
      "id": "en-gravekeeper-en-noun-l2mI~O~b",
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        [
          "graveyard",
          "graveyard"
        ],
        [
          "attendant",
          "attendant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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          "text": "This cemetery had a gravekeeper who kept the graves from getting muddled together with weeds and brambles.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "A graveyard attendant."
      ],
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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