What does body-snatcher mean?

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body-snatcher

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

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noun

"Body-snatcher, a stealer of dead bodies from churchyards; which are sold to the surgeons and students in anatomy."

body-snatchers (plural)

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