fossor

[ fos-er ]

/ ˈfɒs ər /

(in the early Christian church) a minor clergyman employed as a gravedigger.

Also called fossarian.

Origin of fossor

1850–55; < Latin: digger (Late Latin: gravedigger), equivalent to fod(ere) to dig + -tor -tor, with dt > ss

Several Christians were standing near the principal inspector of the tombs, the fossor.

The Death of the Gods |Dmitri Mrejkowski
The difference in color is greater in comparison with fossor than with rostralis.

A New Pocket Gopher (Genus Thomomys), from Eastern Colorado |E. Raymond Hall
Because the animals are more like fossor in the majority of characters, they are here referred to that race.

The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 |Stephen D. Durrant
This present study reveals intergradation between ocius and uinta, and also between ocius and fossor (see account of fossor).

The Pocket Gophers (Genus Thomomys) of Utah, Vol. 1 No. 1 |Stephen D. Durrant

The young Greek knelt at the old man's feet, then rose and kissed his hand, and followed in silence the fossor Hilarus.

Valeria |William Henry Withrow