resurrection man
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resurrection man
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resurrection (“the act of rising from the dead and becoming alive again”) + man
noun resurrection men · resurrection-man
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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.
Similar: burker, Burkite, resurrectioner, resurrectionist, bodysnatcher, body snatcher
Talk about this word "resurrection man." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/resurrection%20man. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. resurrection man. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/resurrection%20man "resurrection man." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/resurrection%20man.Cite this
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title = {resurrection man},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/resurrection%20man},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
