gravedigger

[ greyv-dig-er ]

/ ˈgreɪvˌdɪg ər /

a person whose occupation is digging graves.

Origin of gravedigger

First recorded in 1585–95; grave¹ + digger

This volume includes the dodge-the-obvious profiles of the attending emergency room physician and gravedigger for the slain JFK.

The Daily Beast's Favorite Books of 2010 |The Daily Beast |December 18, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
He had spent several years as a gravedigger and gardener at a cemetery in Germany before returning to Puglia.

Knox's Grisly Successor |Barbie Latza Nadeau |November 1, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
This task was alloted to Talha, the gravedigger of Al-Madinah.

The Life of Mohammad |Etienne Dinet
Diggory the gravedigger never talks much, but I like to watch him.

Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men |Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing

So spoke the rabbi, for the gravedigger's widow could give him no present.

The Jews of Barnow |Karl Emil Franzos
This is the place,” said the stranger, “where the gravedigger brought us, Lieutenant Guevara and me.

An Eagle Flight |Jos Rizal
It was thoughtless of me, after inquiring about the doctors, to ask about the gravedigger.

The Foundations of Japan |J.W. Robertson Scott