A person who illegally exhumes bodies in order to sell them to anatomists; a bodysnatcher. Cf. resurrection man n. at resurrection, n. compounds…
| 单词 | θ17360 |
| 释义 | the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > exhumation > [noun] > one who > for anatomical purposes (5) 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. resurrection cove1819 = resurrection man n. resurrection jarvey1825 a hackney coachman who also works as a resurrection man (in quot. 1825 humorously of a night coachman). |
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