gravediggern.

/ˈɡreɪvdɪɡə/

Etymology: < grave n.¹

a. One whose employment it is to dig graves.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [noun] > grave-digging > grave-digger

pit-maker1567

gravedigger1594

burier1598

pitman1609

grave-master1622

grave-man1821

fossor1833

1594 T. Nashe Christs Teares (new ed.) To Rdr. sig. ** He hath proued him selfe to be the only Gabriel Graue-digger vnder heauen.

1702 R. Steele Funeral i. 5 The Grave-digger of St. Timothie's in the Fields.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvi. v. 48 I never saw in my Life a worse Grave-digger .

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. v. 88 The grave-digger shovelled in the earth.

†b. One who digs up or violates graves. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > sacrilege > [noun] > one who commits > of graves

gravedigger1631

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 51 These Tombe~breakers, these graue-diggers.

2. A name given to various insects that bury the bodies of small animals and insects, for the use of their larvæ on quitting the egg: esp. a beetle of the genus Necrophorus, called also burying-beetle and sexton; also, a digger-wasp, e.g. one of the genus Sphex.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by habits or actions > that buries bodies for larva

gravedigger1847

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Staphylinoidea > family Silphidae > member of genus Necrophorus

sexton beetle1840

sexton1846

gravedigger1847

necrophore1890

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > super family Sphecoidea or family Sphecidae > genus or member of genus Sphex

Sphex1797

sphexide1828

gravedigger1847

1847 [implied in: J. Craig New Universal Dict. at Grave Grave-digging or burying beetle. (at grave-digging adj. at grave n.¹ Compounds 2)].

1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica 146 We perceive the Sphex at work..we discover by narrow watching that she is digging the hole; and hence the negro children have given her the appropriate title of grave-digger.

1884–5 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) II. 385 On account of their habit of burying small dead vertebrate animals, in which they lay their eggs, these beetles [of the genus Necrophorus] are often called sextons or grave-diggers.

3. figurative. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > batsman > last in order

last man1748

last wicket1775

tail1851

gravedigger1887

tail-end1888

1887 F. Gale Game of Cricket ix. ix. 193 Let me say a word to captains..about the gravediggers... They grow despondent for lack of encouragement, as there is a sameness in constantly bringing up the rear.

1896 Daily Tel. 21 Aug. 3/2 Too much ‘route-marching, pipe-claying, and starching’ tends to dulness and apathy, whilst it leads the British soldier, when off duty,..to make too free an acquaintance with the ‘grave-digger’ [sc. strong drink], as it is termed in India.

1934 W. J. Lewis Lang. Cricket 111 Grave diggers, the last batsmen of a side in the order of going in to bat.

1949 I. Deutscher Stalin 94 Labelled by Lenin ‘the liquidators’, the grave-diggers of the party.

1957 R. N. C. Hunt Guide to Communist Jargon l. 163 According to Marx, the proletariat is brought into existence by the capitalist system, of which it is destined to be the ‘grave-digger’.

Derivatives

gravediggership n. a gravedigger's office.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [noun] > grave-digging > grave-digger > office of

gravediggership1894

1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 139 Anxious for his grave-diggership.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	gravedigger
释义	gravediggern. /ˈɡreɪvdɪɡə/ Etymology: < grave n.¹ 1. a. One whose employment it is to dig graves. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [noun] > grave-digging > grave-digger pit-maker1567 gravedigger1594 burier1598 pitman1609 grave-master1622 grave-man1821 fossor1833 1594 T. Nashe Christs Teares (new ed.) To Rdr. sig. ** He hath proued him selfe to be the only Gabriel Graue-digger vnder heauen. 1702 R. Steele Funeral i. 5 The Grave-digger of St. Timothie's in the Fields. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvi. v. 48 I never saw in my Life a worse Grave-digger . View more context for this quotation 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. v. 88 The grave-digger shovelled in the earth. †b. One who digs up or violates graves. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrilege > [noun] > one who commits > of graves gravedigger1631 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 51 These Tombe~breakers, these graue-diggers. 2. A name given to various insects that bury the bodies of small animals and insects, for the use of their larvæ on quitting the egg: esp. a beetle of the genus Necrophorus, called also burying-beetle and sexton; also, a digger-wasp, e.g. one of the genus Sphex. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > [noun] > member of > defined by habits or actions > that buries bodies for larva gravedigger1847 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Staphylinoidea > family Silphidae > member of genus Necrophorus sexton beetle1840 sexton1846 gravedigger1847 necrophore1890 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [noun] > suborder Apocrita, Petiolata, or Heterophaga > group Aculeata (stinging) > the wasps > super family Sphecoidea or family Sphecidae > genus or member of genus Sphex Sphex1797 sphexide1828 gravedigger1847 1847 [implied in: J. Craig New Universal Dict. at Grave Grave-digging or burying beetle. (at grave-digging adj. at grave n.¹ Compounds 2)]. 1851 P. H. Gosse Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica 146 We perceive the Sphex at work..we discover by narrow watching that she is digging the hole; and hence the negro children have given her the appropriate title of grave-digger. 1884–5 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) II. 385 On account of their habit of burying small dead vertebrate animals, in which they lay their eggs, these beetles [of the genus Necrophorus] are often called sextons or grave-diggers. 3. figurative. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > batsman > last in order last man1748 last wicket1775 tail1851 gravedigger1887 tail-end1888 1887 F. Gale Game of Cricket ix. ix. 193 Let me say a word to captains..about the gravediggers... They grow despondent for lack of encouragement, as there is a sameness in constantly bringing up the rear. 1896 Daily Tel. 21 Aug. 3/2 Too much ‘route-marching, pipe-claying, and starching’ tends to dulness and apathy, whilst it leads the British soldier, when off duty,..to make too free an acquaintance with the ‘grave-digger’ [sc. strong drink], as it is termed in India. 1934 W. J. Lewis Lang. Cricket 111 Grave diggers, the last batsmen of a side in the order of going in to bat. 1949 I. Deutscher Stalin 94 Labelled by Lenin ‘the liquidators’, the grave-diggers of the party. 1957 R. N. C. Hunt Guide to Communist Jargon l. 163 According to Marx, the proletariat is brought into existence by the capitalist system, of which it is destined to be the ‘grave-digger’. Derivatives gravediggership n. a gravedigger's office. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > [noun] > grave-digging > grave-digger > office of gravediggership1894 1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 139 Anxious for his grave-diggership. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1594
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