A person who illegally exhumes bodies in order to sell them to anatomists; a bodysnatcher. Cf. resurrection man n. at resurrection, n. compounds…
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| 释义 | the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > bodysnatcher > [noun] (12) resurrectionist1777 A person who illegally exhumes bodies in order to sell them to anatomists; a bodysnatcher. Cf. resurrection man n. at resurrection, n. compounds… resurrection man1781 = resurrectionist, n. 1. resurrection woman1815 a woman who illegally procures corpses in order to sell them to anatomists; cf. resurrection man n. body snatcher1819 A person who illicitly disinters or steals dead bodies or body parts, originally for sale to anatomists for dissection; a resurrectionist. Now… resurrection cove1819 = resurrection man n. resurrectioner1822 = resurrectionist, n. 1. resurrection jarvey1825 a hackney coachman who also works as a resurrection man (in quot. 1825 humorously of a night coachman). grab1831 One who grabs. A body-snatcher, resurrectionist. snatcher1831 A body-snatcher. (See body, n. compounds 2.) body lifter1832 = body snatcher, n. 2. all-night man1861 a person, typically a man, who works through the night, or (less commonly) stays up all night in recreational pursuits; cf. all-nighter, n. 2a. resurrector1861 = resurrectionist, n. 1. Now historical and rare. |
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