ghoul
noun
1.
someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
Origin
Borrowed from French goule, from Persian غول (ġul) from Arabic غُول (ḡūl).
Phrases
- body snatcher
- ghoulie ghoul
- resurrection man
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