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Graverobber vs Resurrectionist - What's the difference?

graverobber | resurrectionist | Synonyms |

Resurrectionist is a synonym of graverobber.


As nouns the difference between graverobber and resurrectionist

is that graverobber is one who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit while resurrectionist is (euphemistic|historical) one who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, , especially by exhuming corpses from graves; a graverobber.

graverobber

English

Alternative forms

* grave robber

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who robs graves or tombs in order to sell the contents for profit.
  • Synonyms

    * bodysnatcher * resurrectionist

    See also

    * ghoul English compound words

    resurrectionist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (euphemistic, historical) One who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, , especially by exhuming corpses from graves; a graverobber.
  • *1777 , Ann. Reg. 1776 , 129
  • *:One... who makes open profession of dealing in dead bodies and is well known by the name of the Resurrectionist .
  • (religion) A believer in a future bodily resurrection.
  • *1830 , A. Addis, Theory of Prophecy , Prol. p.xliv
  • *:Those who make the rest of the dead''... to be the same with ''the remnant slain by the sword''... to be consistent, ought to make the first resurrectionists the same with ''the armies in heaven.
  • One who resurrects an abandoned idea, practice, ; a revivalist.
  • *1831 , New Monthly Magazine , 32 362
  • *:We have no taste for enacting the part of literary resurrectionists .
  • *2007 September 3 , Variety , 67
  • *:Bank is a theatrical resurrectionist : His New York-based company... specializes in unearthing and staging ‘neglected but worthy’ works.
  • (jocular, obsolete) One who sells repaired or reconditioned goods; a refurbisher.
  • *1888 July , Longman's Magazine , 256
  • *:Some of the habitual buyers [of ostrich feathers] have nicknames, and those who do a local business and buy for re-selling are known as ‘resurrectionists ’.
  • (horses, jocular, obsolete) A racehorse that (once or numerously) suddenly recovers its stamina midrace.
  • *1883 October 23 , Standard , 3/2
  • *:There is a class of horses called ‘resurrectionists ’... and they either recover early form... or... become animated, when they were supposed to be gone altogether, with... life and vigour.
  • Synonyms

    * bodysnatcher * resurrection man