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resurrection-man

resurrection-man is the alternative form of resurrection man.

Meaning of resurrection man

Noun

resurrection man (plural resurrection men)

  1. (euphemistic, historical) A man who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, etc., especially by exhuming corpses from graves; a graverobber.
    • Persons (under the name of resurrection-men) continue their business, getting from 1 guinea to 5 or 6, according to the value set upon the corpse they take up.1781, “R. King”, in Compl. Mod. London Spy, section 106

Forms of resurrection-man

pluralresurrection-men

Questions about resurrection-man

What is resurrection-man the alternative form of?
Resurrection-man is the alternative form of resurrection man.

Words near resurrection-man in the dictionary

  1. resurrection men
  2. resurrection pie
  3. resurrection pies
  4. resurrection plant
  5. resurrection plants
  6. resurrection-man
  7. resurrection-men
  8. resurrectional
  9. resurrectionary
  10. resurrectioner
  11. resurrectioners

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