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BODY SNATCHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does body snatcher mean?
• BODY SNATCHER (noun)
The noun BODY SNATCHER has 1 sense:
1. someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
Familiarity information: BODY SNATCHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
body snatcher; ghoul; graverobber
Hypernyms ("body snatcher" is a kind of...):
stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)
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