Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that buries.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who buries a deceased person; that which buries or covers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, buries.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
buries
Etymologies
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Examples
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To my surprise, a high school classmate of mine -- and, two wars ago, a teammate on our state championship-winning soccer team -- is the best burier of dead soldiers in the nation.
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The working watch, discovered by Niels Jakup Mortensen, 11, was accompanied by a letter from its burier, Joergen Amundsen, a descendant of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen.
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It is as a buyer and burier of books that the subject of this paper showed himself in most interesting light.
The Bibliotaph and Other People Leon H. Vincent
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When it comes to an end the "gold burier" must try to guess in whose hand the ring is concealed.
Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson
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Bibliophobe, a hater of books: Bibliotaph, a burier of books -- one who hides or conceals them: Bibliomaniac, or bibliomane, one who has a mania or passion for collecting books.
A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford
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On reaching the door of the house, the burier set down the lantern near the body of a young man which had just been thrust forth.
Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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The foremost burier carried a lantern, but he held it so low that its light did not fall upon his burden.
Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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He was followed by Chowles and the burier, who threatened him with loud oaths.
Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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And the burier hurried off as fast as his legs could carry him.
Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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The speed that once saw him designated as a winger makes O'Leary extremely dangerous on the break and he has the strength to back it up, power which also makes him, arguably, the best defensive scrum-half in the game -- a regular burier of back rows.
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