gravedigger

English

Etymology

From grave +‎ digger

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪv.ˌdɪɡ.ə(ɹ)/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪv.ˌdɪɡ.əɹ/

Noun

gravedigger (plural gravediggers)

A person employed to dig graves.
A necrophore, or burying beetle.

Usage notes

Not used of a modern cemetery worker who uses a mechanical digger.

Translations

a person employed to dig graves

Aromanian: grupar m
Breton: bezier (br) m
Bulgarian: гробар m (grobar)
Catalan: enterramorts (ca) m or f
Czech: hrobník (cs) m
Danish: graver (da) c
Dutch: grafdelver (nl) m
Esperanto: tombisto
Finnish: haudankaivaja (fi)
French: fossoyeur (fr) m
German: Totengräber (de) m
Greek: νεκροθάφτης (el) m (nekrotháftis)
Ancient: ταφεύς m (tapheús), νεκροθάπτης m (nekrotháptēs)

Hungarian: sírásó (hu)
Irish: reiligire m
Italian: becchino (it) m
Norman: fôssyi m (Jersey)
Polish: grabarz (pl) m
Portuguese: coveiro (pt) m
Romanian: gropar (ro) m, săpător (ro) m
Russian: моги́льщик (ru) m (mogílʹščik)
Scottish Gaelic: adhlacair m, cladhaire m, maor m
Spanish: sepulturero (es) m
Swedish: dödgrävare c
Turkish: mezarcı (tr)
Yiddish: באַגרעבער‎ m (bagreber)

A necrophore, or burying beetle

Bulgarian: бръмбар-гробар m (brǎmbar-grobar)
Czech: hrobařík m
French: nécrophore (fr) m

German: Totengräber (de) m
Romanian: gropar (ro) m, necrofor (ro) m

See also

sexton

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