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Definition of Resurrectionist
1. n. One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection.
Definition of Resurrectionist
1. Noun. (euphemistic) A graverobber (context: a term commonly employed in the 18th and 19th centuries). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Resurrectionist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Resurrectionist
Literary usage of Resurrectionist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scottish Notes and Queries by John Malcolm Bulloch (1894)
"A unique relic of " resurrectionist" days is to be seen in a small lodge-like
edifice in Carmunnock Churchyard, in the shape of a printed notice, ..."
2. L'Acadie: Or, Seven Years' Explorations in British America by James Edward Alexander (1849)
"Peril of a resurrectionist—Dangerous predicament— Absurd occurrence at Bully's
Acre—Rattle-snake fat —Manner of obtaining it—Cross the Niagara River ..."
3. A Bishop in the Rough by John Sheepshanks, David Wallace Duthie (1909)
"... INDIAN His treatment by the white races—His impending fate—The ravages of the
bottle—His personal appearance—Mr. Sheepshanks as a " resurrectionist. ..."
4. Northumberland, and the Border by Walter White (1859)
"... and History—Memorial Fountain—Talk about Tippling—A Hard Bargain with
Providence—The Good resurrectionist—Compensations—Songs, Men, and Manners. ..."
5. Folk Lore and Genealogies of Uppermost Nithsdale by William Wilson (1904)
"THE resurrectionist SCARE IN SANQUHAR. THE SKIPPER AND THE PLAISTER. When, getting
on for eighty years ago, there arose a great cry throughout Scotland that ..."
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