resurrectionist

noun

One who steals bodies from graves in order to sell them for dissection; a body snatcher.

noun

One who brings something back into use or notice again.

noun

One who makes a practice of stealing bodies from the grave for dissection: also used adjectively.

noun

Hence One who unearths anything from long concealment or obscurity.

noun

One who steals bodies from the grave, as for dissection.

noun

A graverobber (a term commonly employed in the 18th and 19th centuries).