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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

fos•sor n.

Religion(in the early Christian church) a minor clergyman employed as a gravedigger. Also called fossarian.

Latin: digger (Late Latin: gravedigger), equivalent. to fod(ere) to dig + -tor -tor, with dt ss
1850–55

'fossor' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

fossarian - fossorial

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