A person whose job is to dig graves and prepare burial sites in cemeteries.
Compound of 'grave' (a burial place, from Old English 'græf') + 'digger' (one who digs). It's a literal occupational word that's been in use since medieval times.
Gravediggers appear as important characters in Shakespeare—like the clown in Hamlet—because they were seen as wise figures who handled death daily. In many cultures, gravediggers held special social status as people who worked with the sacred.
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