A gravedigger is a cemetery worker who is responsible for digging a grave prior to a funeral service.

What does it mean to call someone a grave digger?

1a : one that digs graves especially as a means of livelihood. b : one that is responsible for the end of something gravediggers of modern civilization. 2a : burying beetle.

Why is grave digger called Grave Digger?

In 1982, Dennis Anderson built Grave Digger 1 as a mud racing truck using a red 1951 Ford pickup truck. The name came from a smack-talking session he had with his rivals ("I'll take this old junk and dig you a grave with it.").