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gravedigger
A gravedigger is a cemetery worker who is responsible for digging a grave prior to a funeral service.
Description
If the grave is in a cemetery on the property of a church or other religious organization (part of, or called, a churchyard), g ...
is a cemetery worker who is responsible for digging a grave prior to a funeral service.
Gravedigger, or variants, may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Fictional characters
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The Gravediggers
The Gravediggers (or Clowns) are examples of Shakespearean fools (also known as clowns or jesters), a recurring type of character in Shakespeare's plays. Like most Shakespearean fools, the Gravediggers are peasants or commoners that use their ...
, in William Shakespeare's ''Hamlet''
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Gravedigger Jones
The ''Harlem Detective'' series of novels by Chester Himes comprises nine hardboiled novels set in the 1950s and early 1960s:
List of novels
* ''For Love of Imabelle'', a.k.a. ''A Rage in Harlem''
* ''The Real Cool Killers''
* ''The Crazy Kill''
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, in the ''Harlem Detective'' novels by Chester Himes
* Grave Digger, in the ''Gold Digger'' series of comics
* Gravedigger (comics), several characters in DC comics
* The Grave Digger,
in ''Bones''
Music
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Grave Digger (band)
Grave Digger is a German heavy metal band that was first formed in 1980 by Chris Boltendahl and Peter Masson. Emerging from the early-to-mid 1980s heavy metal scene of their native country, Grave Digger has been referred to as one of the so-c ...
, a German heavy metal band
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The Grave Digger
''The Grave Digger'' is the tenth studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger. It is considered the darkest album the band has done, along with 1995's '' Heart of Darkness''. The lyrics are about dark concepts, some are inspired by the ...
'', a 2001 album
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The Grave Diggers
The Grave Diggers were an American rockabilly, surf, jazz, punk band. They are notable due to their eclectic musical style, their early foreshadowing of subsequent music revival movements, and the musical careers of their members.
The band was e ...
, an American rockabilly band
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Gravediggaz
Gravediggaz was an American Hip hop music, hip hop group from New York, known for its Black comedy, dark sense of humor and abrasive, menacing soundscapes. Gravediggaz blended hardcore hip hop, gangsta rap and Heavy metal music, heavy metal with ...
, an American hip hop group
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"Gravedigger" (song), by Dave Matthews, 2003, also performed by Willie Nelson
* "Gravedigger", a song by Architects from the 2014 album ''
Lost Forever // Lost Together
''Lost Forever // Lost Together'' is the sixth studio album by British metalcore band Architects. It was released on 11 March 2014 globally through Epitaph Records; with the exception of UNFD in Australia and New Damage in Canada.
''Lost Fore ...
''
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The Gravedigger's Song
"The Gravedigger's Song" is a song by American alternative rock musician Mark Lanegan. The song is the opening track and lead single from his seventh studio album, '' Blues Funeral'' (2012), and was released on December 5, 2011. Written solely by ...
", by Mark Lanegan, 2012
Other uses in arts and entertainment
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"The Gravediggers" (''The Avengers''), an episode of the 1960s TV series
* "The Grave Digger", a 1952 Arabic poem by
Badr Shakir al-Sayyab
Badr Shakir al Sayyab ( ar, بدر شاكر السياب) (December 24, 1926 in Jaykur, near Basra – December 24, 1964 in Kuwait) was a leading Iraqi poet, well known throughout the Arab world and one of the most influential Arab poets of all ti ...
* ''Gravedigger'', a 1982 book by
Joseph Hansen
Other uses
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Grave Digger (monster truck)
Grave Digger is a monster truck racing team in the Feld Entertainment Monster Jam series founded by original driver Dennis Anderson. Considered one of the most famous and recognized monster trucks of all time, Grave Digger serves as the flagship t ...
, a monster truck racing team
* The Gravedigger, a professional wrestler from the
United States Wrestling Association
The United States Wrestling Association (USWA) was a professional wrestling promotion based in Memphis, Tennessee. The company was founded when the Memphis-based Continental Wrestling Association merged with the Dallas-based World Class Wrestling ...
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Grobari
Grobari (Serbian Cyrillic: Гробари, English: ''Gravediggers'' or ''Undertakers'') are the organized supporters group of the Serbian football club Partizan Belgrade. They are one of two major football fan groups in Serbia. They generally s ...
(Serbian for 'gravediggers'), fans of FK Partizan Belgrade
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