Definition of bodysnatcher in English:
bodysnatcher
nounˈbɒdɪˌsnatʃəˈbɑdiˌsnætʃər
historical A person who illicitly disinterred corpses for dissection, for which there was no legal provision until 1832.
Example sentencesExamples
- For Rebus it is another opportunity to dwell, as he does often, on the bodysnatchers Burke and Hare.
- The famous bodysnatchers Burke and Hare were never charged with violation of sepulchre because they eventually resorted to murder as a way of finding bodies to sell.
- There are displays dedicated to the notorious Edinburgh bodysnatchers Burke and Hare, and cannibal Sawney Bean.
- The Daily Express headline ‘Scandal of the bodysnatchers’ was inappropriate because there were no bodysnatchers.
- That is when they encounter the bodysnatcher.
Definition of bodysnatcher in US English:
bodysnatcher
nounˈbɑdiˌsnætʃərˈbädēˌsnaCHər
historical A person who stole corpses from a graveyard for dissection, for which there was no legal provision until 1832.
Example sentencesExamples
- For Rebus it is another opportunity to dwell, as he does often, on the bodysnatchers Burke and Hare.
- There are displays dedicated to the notorious Edinburgh bodysnatchers Burke and Hare, and cannibal Sawney Bean.
- The famous bodysnatchers Burke and Hare were never charged with violation of sepulchre because they eventually resorted to murder as a way of finding bodies to sell.
- The Daily Express headline ‘Scandal of the bodysnatchers’ was inappropriate because there were no bodysnatchers.
- That is when they encounter the bodysnatcher.