Hyphenation of Sexton

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word Sexton? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

Sex-ton

Definitions of Sexton:

1.	United States poet (1928-1974)
2.	An officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects

Synonyms of Sexton:

noun	Sexton, Anne Sexton, poet
noun	sacristan, church officer, caretaker

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