English
Etymology
From grave + digger .
Pronunciation
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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
Belarusian: магі́льшчык m ( mahílʹščyk ) , далако́п m ( dalakóp ) , граба́р m ( hrabár )
Breton: bezier (br) m
Bulgarian: гроба́р m ( grobár )
Catalan: enterramorts (ca) m or f
Czech: hrobník (cs) m , hrobař (cs) m
Danish: graver (da) c
Dutch: grafdelver (nl) m , doodgraver (nl) m
Esperanto: tombisto
Estonian: hauakaevaja
Finnish: haudankaivaja (fi)
French: fossoyeur (fr) m
Galician: coveiro m , enterramortos 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
Macedonian: гробар m ( grobar )
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Norman: fôssyi m ( Jersey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: graver (no) m
Nynorsk: gravar m
Polish: grabarz (pl) m
Portuguese: coveiro (pt) m
Romanian: gropar (ro) m , săpător (ro) m
Russian: моги́льщик (ru) m ( mogílʹščik ) , гробокопа́тель (ru) m ( grobokopátelʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: adhlacair m , cladhaire m , maor m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гро̀ба̄р m
Roman: gròbār (sh) m
Slovak: hrobár (sk) m , hrobník (sk) m
Slovene: grobar m
Spanish: sepulturero (es) m
Swedish: dödgrävare (sv) c
Turkish: mezarcı (tr)
Ukrainian: моги́льник m ( mohýlʹnyk ) , гроба́р m ( hrobár )
Yiddish: באַגרעבער m ( bagreber )
A necrophore, or burying beetle
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