gravekeeper

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noun

A graveyard attendant.

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Meanings

noungravekeeper (plural gravekeepers)

plural gravekeepers

  1. A graveyard attendant.

    This cemetery had a gravekeeper who kept the graves from getting muddled together with weeds and brambles.

    1942, Emily Carr, “Cemetery”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC

Origin

From grave + keeper.

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Cite this entry
APA

gravekeeper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravekeeper

MLA

“gravekeeper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravekeeper. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gravekeeper,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gravekeeper.

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