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SEXTON

\sˈɛkstən], \sˈɛkstən], \s_ˈɛ_k_s_t_ə_n]\

Definitions of SEXTON

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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United States poet (1928-1974)

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

United States poet (1928-1974)

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Officer who has charge of a church, digs graves, & c.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A janitor of a church; formerly a grave digger.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

An under-officer of a church who has charge of the vessels, vestry, &c.; a gravedigger.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

An inferior officer of a church, who prepares graves, attends to the burials, cleans the church, &c.; a gravedigger.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. An under officer of the church, who takes care of the vessels, vestments, &c., of the church; parish clerk;-one who digs graves, buries the dead, has charge of the vaults, &c.; & grave-digger.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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