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SEXTON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
Synonyms:
sacristan; sexton
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sexton" is a kind of...):
caretaker (a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person))
church officer (a church official)
Sense 2
Meaning:
United States poet (1928-1974)
Synonyms:
Anne Sexton; Sexton
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
Context examples:
After a day or two, the sexton awoke him at midnight, and bade him arise and go up into the church tower and ring the bell.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The sexton, however, remained standing motionless that the boy might think he was a ghost.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
If that be all, replied the sexton, he can learn that with me.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Before long the sexton came by and saw his master, the parson, running behind three girls.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Whilst the five were trotting thus one behind the other, two labourers came with their hoes from the fields; the parson called out to them and begged that they would set him and the sexton free.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Soon after this the sexton came to the house on a visit, and the father bewailed his trouble, and told him how his younger son was so backward in every respect that he knew nothing and learnt nothing.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
