Sexton
[ sek-stuh n ]
/ ˈsɛk stən /
noun
Anne (Harvey),1928–74,
U.S. poet.
British Dictionary definitions for anne sexton
sexton
/ (ˈsɛkstən) /
noun
a person employed to act as caretaker of a church and its contents and graveyard, and often also as bell-ringer, gravedigger, etc
another name for the burying beetle
Word Origin for sexton
C14: from Old French
secrestein, from Medieval Latin
sacristānus
sacristan