Resurrectionist

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who steals bodies from graves in order to sell them for dissection; a body snatcher.
  • n. One who brings something back into use or notice again.
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  • n. A graverobber (a term commonly employed in the 18th and 19th centuries).
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who makes a practice of stealing bodies from the grave for dissection: also used adjectively.
  • n. Hence One who unearths anything from long concealment or obscurity.
    • Word Usage
    "But peering from the window, he saw that the resurrectionist was a dog which already had its teeth in the cloak."
    Cross Reference
    ghoul   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bodysnatcher   
     
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