单词 | resurrectionist |
释义 | resurrectionistn. 1. A person who illegally exhumes bodies in order to sell them to anatomists; a bodysnatcher. Cf. resurrection man n. at resurrection n. Compounds 2. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > bodysnatcher > [noun] resurrectionist1777 resurrection man1781 resurrection woman1815 body snatcher1819 resurrection cove1819 resurrectioner1822 resurrection jarvey1825 grab1831 snatcher1831 body lifter1832 all-night man1861 resurrector1861 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > bodysnatcher > [adjective] resurrectionist1777 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > exhumation > [noun] > one who > for anatomical purposes resurrectionist1777 resurrection man1781 resurrection woman1815 resurrection cove1819 resurrection jarvey1825 1777 Ann. Reg. 1776 129 One..who makes open profession of dealing in dead bodies and is well known by the name of the Resurrectionist. 1799 Ann. Reg. 1794: Chron. 9/1 This evening a set of resurrectionists were apprehended at a house near the turnpike, Mile-End. 1831 Times 7 Nov. 6/5 Here 2 or 3 constables..exclaimed that they knew Ray to be a noted ‘resurrectionist’. 1869 Latest News 5 Sept. 10 A tale entitled ‘The Baron's Coffin’, the subject of which is divided between spectres and resurrectionists. 1896 J. B. Bailey Diary Resurrectionist 137 He continued in the resurrectionist business up to the time of the passing of the Anatomy Act. 1927 B. J. Stern Social Factors in Med. Progress iii. 41 Excitement ran very high against dissectors in Great Britain, especially after the exposé of the work of the ‘resurrectionists’ in the early nineteenth century. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Apr. 451/5 A sinister group of organleggers who go beyond the resurrectionists and try to keep the hospitals supplied with adequate numbers of fresh organs for transplants. 1999 C. Wallace Resurrection Club (2000) 202 As one of the city's oldest cemeteries it is also one of the most plundered, an early magnet for the resurrectionist's trade. 2. Chiefly Christian Church. A believer in resurrection. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > biblical events > [noun] > resurrection > believer in resurrectionist1830 1830 A. Addis Theory of Prophecy Prol. p.xliv Those who make the rest of the dead..to be the same with the remnant slain by the sword..to be consistent, ought to make the first resurrectionists the same with the armies in heaven. 1860 All Year Round 18 Feb. 389/1 Schultze made considerable efforts to increase the number of resurrectionists. 1959 J. C. Chapin tr. A. Giovannetti We have Pope ii. 30 The Assumptionists, Resurrectionists, and Conventual Franciscans of the Oriental rite assisted the secular clergy of the Oriental rite. 2007 S. Fuller Sci. v. Religion? ii. 68 Whereas the immortalist would purge all reminders of earthly error and failure, the resurrectionist would preserve them as constitutive of our becoming who we are. 3. a. A person who brings something to light or notice again; a reviver of a disused practice or operation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > restoration to flourishing condition > one who regenerator1538 revivora1540 resuscitator1810 resurrectionist1831 1831 New Monthly Mag. 32 362 We have no taste for enacting the part of literary resurrectionists. 1850 E. P. Whipple Ess. & Rev. (ed. 3) II. 157 He has shown more industry and acuteness than almost any other contemporary resurrectionist in the grave-yards of deceased books. 1890 Spectator 28 June The literary resurrectionist digs them up again, and an author's worst work is brought into almost as much prominence as his best. 1926 J. C. Bailey Walt Whitman iii. 50 In nearly all cases editors only insult their hero by doing the work of resurrectionists. 1971 New Lit. Hist. 2 216 Scholarly resurrectionists dig up even forgotten ideas and forms. 2007 Variety (Nexis) 3 Sept. 67 Bank is a theatrical resurrectionist: His New York-based company..specializes in unearthing and staging ‘neglected but worthy’ works. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > sellers of other specific things soaper?c1225 oilman1275 smear-monger1297 upholder1333 basket-seller?1518 broom-seller?1518 upholster1554 rod-woman1602 starchwoman1604 pin manc1680 colour seller1685 potato-woman1697 printseller1700 rag-seller1700 Greenwich barber1785 sandboy1821 iceman1834 umbrella man1851 fly-boy1861 snuff-boxera1871 pedlar1872 snake-boy1873 bric-a-brac man1876 tinwoman1884 resurrectionist1888 butch1891 paanwallah1955 1888 Longman's Mag. July 256 Some of the habitual buyers [of ostrich feathers] have nicknames, and those who do a local business and buy for re-selling are known as ‘resurrectionists’. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 4 Jan. 6/3 The Gnoleurs or ‘blocking resurrectionists’ skilfully touch up battered silk hats from over the Channel. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [noun] > horse by performance lightweight1773 sticker1779 maiden1807 favourite1813 mile-horse1829 outsider1836 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 stoner1862 rank outsider1869 pick1872 pot1874 timer1881 resurrectionist1883 short head1883 pea1888 cert1889 stiffa1890 wrong 'un1889 on the mark1890 place horse1890 top-weight1892 miler1894 also-ran1895 selection1901 loser1902 hotpot1904 roughie1908 co-favourite1922 readier1922 springer1922 fav1935 scratch1938 no-hoper1943 shoo-in1950 scorer1974 1883 Standard 23 Oct. 3/2 There is a class of horses called ‘resurrectionists’,..and they either recover early form.., or..become animated, when they were supposed to be gone altogether, with..life and vigour. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1777 |
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