gravedigger
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈɡreɪvˌdɪɡər/
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sepulturero
- There's one job that Rod Stewart was famous for having: a gravedigger at Highgate Cemetery.
And so now our main character has to become the gravedigger of this place.
- And so now our main character has to become the gravedigger of this place.
- And if working hard were enough, then the coal miners and the gravediggers and the gold miners, not the mine owners.
- Gaza's gravediggers first came up in a conversation you and I had off the air over the summer.
Examples
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Standing by an open grave, Hamlet watches the gravedigger-clown unearth a skull.
Academic text (1994) -
And so now our main character has to become the gravedigger of this place.
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The highest paid gravedigger in the world.
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Tell them you're a gravedigger.
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The gravedigger stood between the headstones, next to the hole he had dug.
Fiction book (1996) -
I thought my father had saved the day by seeing to it that the gravediggers took up their shovels.
Fiction book (1990) -
The gravedigger carefully dug the hole for the burial in the quiet cemetery.
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After the funeral, the gravedigger filled the grave with dirt and placed flowers on top.
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Every day, the gravedigger arrives early to prepare the graves before the ceremonies start.
Synonyms
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2.8
A person who digs holes or trenches as their job
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7.4
A person or tool that digs in the ground to find things
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8.9
A person who digs the ground for work, like a miner or archaeologist
People who dig graves in old or religious places
A person who digs or turns soil with a spade
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gravedigger comes from two simple parts: grave 'a hole for burying someone' and digger 'a person who digs'. So it literally names the job: someone who digs graves for burial.