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gravedancers

gravedancers is the plural of gravedancer.

Meaning of gravedancer

Noun

gravedancer (plural gravedancers)

  1. One who rejoices in the death or demise of another; one who dances on someone's grave.
    • Grave-dancers, for sure, all of them. But no diggers.2014, Peter Watts, Behemoth: B-Max, →ISBN
  2. An investor who specializes in buying failing companies or distressed properties.
    • But the hangover's set in, And now a Gravedancers lookin'. It's Gravedancer times When there's panic in the land When assets sell at costs that scream, "Bail me out, man!"2000, Hilary Rosenberg, The Vulture Investors, →ISBN, page 311
  3. One who literally dances on a grave.
    • Pissed, the Iceman sends his bodyguard, the Gravedancer, off to learn who is behind them.1993, Analog Science Fact, Science Fiction - Volume 113, page 163

Questions about gravedancers

What is gravedancers the plural of?
Gravedancers is the plural of gravedancer.

Words near gravedancers in the dictionary

  1. gravecloths
  2. graved
  3. gravedance
  4. gravedanced
  5. gravedancer
  6. gravedancers
  7. gravedances
  8. gravedancing
  9. gravedigger
  10. gravediggers
  11. gravedigging

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