funeral director


funeral director

noun

Definition of FUNERAL DIRECTOR

: one whose profession is the management of funerals and who is usually an embalmer

Examples of FUNERAL DIRECTOR

  1. <the funeral director instructed the pallbearers on how to proceed>

First Known Use of FUNERAL DIRECTOR

1886

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