"resurrection man" meaning in All languages combined

See resurrection man on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: resurrection men [plural]
Etymology: resurrection (“the act of rising from the dead and becoming alive again”) + man Head templates: {{en-noun|resurrection men}} resurrection man (plural resurrection men)
  1. (euphemistic, historical) A man who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, etc., especially by exhuming corpses from graves; a graverobber. Tags: euphemistic, historical Categories (topical): Crime, Death, People Synonyms: resurrectioner, resurrectionist, bodysnatcher, body snatcher, resurrection-man
    Sense id: en-resurrection_man-en-noun-8OPBhi9a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English euphemisms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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