gravekeeper

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

grave +‎ keeper

Noun[edit]

gravekeeper (plural gravekeepers)

  1. A graveyard attendant.
    • 1942, Emily Carr, “Cemetery”, in The Book of Small:
      This cemetery had a gravekeeper who kept the graves from getting muddled together with weeds and brambles.
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