English Explanatory Dictionary

body snatcher

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who makes arrests, such as a bailiff or policeman.
  2. One who abducts or controls another's body, such as a slaver, psychic, or human resources agent.
  3. One who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, etc., especially by exhuming corpses from graves, a resurrection man.
  4. A graverobber who steals bodies or body parts.
  5. A stretcher-bearer.

Pronunciation

En-au-body snatcher.ogg

Word forms

body snatcher body snatchers bodysnatcher body-snatcher

Etymology

From body + snatcher. Later use highly influenced by the novel The Body Snatchers (1955) and its repeated adaptation into film, wherein aliens begin replacing humans with pod people.

Synonyms

pod person resurrection man resurrectionist

Translations

Danish: ligrøver Greek: τυμβωρύχος Ancient Greek: τυμβωρύχος Italian: ultracorpo Swedish: likrövare Swedish: liktjuv Swedish: liksnattare Swedish: likrånare Swedish: likplundrare Turkish: nebbaş Turkish: mezar soyguncusu
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