resurrectionist
noun
resurrectionist is spelled R-E-S-U-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N-I-S-T: 15 letters. It appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, resurrectionist means “One who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, etc., especially by exhuming corpses from graves; a graverobber” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of resurrectionist is resurrectionists.
How many letters and syllables are in resurrectionist?
| Letters | 15: R-E-S-U-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 71 million words; the 265,644th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is resurrectionist?
Resurrectionist appears about once in every 71 million words in written English, the 265,644th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of resurrectionist
- resurrectionists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does resurrectionist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, etc., especially by exhuming corpses from graves; a graverobber.
- 2
A believer in a future bodily resurrection.
- 3
One who resurrects an abandoned idea, practice, etc.; a revivalist.
Bank is a theatrical resurrectionist: His New York-based company... specializes in unearthing and staging ‘neglected but worthy’ works.
- 4
obsoleteOne who sells repaired or reconditioned goods; a refurbisher.
Some of the habitual buyers [of ostrich feathers] have nicknames, and those who do a local business and buy for re-selling are known as ‘resurrectionists’.
- 5
obsoleteA racehorse that (once or numerously) suddenly recovers its stamina midrace.
There is a class of horses called ‘resurrectionists’... and they either recover early form... or... become animated, when they were supposed to be gone altogether, with... life and vigour.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does resurrectionist come from?
From resurrection (“the act of rising from the dead and becoming alive again”) + -ist (“forms agents of cause; forms adherents of a belief”), coined alongside resurrection man.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).