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fos⋅sor
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ˈfɒs
ər
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–noun
(in the early Christian church) a minor clergyman employed as a gravedigger.
Also called
fossarian.
Origin:
1850–55;
< L: digger (LL: gravedigger), equiv. to
fod
(
ere
) to dig +
-tor
-tor
,
with
dt
>
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