Main Entry: un·der·tak·er

Pronunciation: \ˌən-dər-ˈtā-kər, 2 is ˈən-dər-ˌ\

Function: noun

Date: 15th century

1 : one that undertakes : one that takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur
2 : one whose business is to prepare the dead for burial and to arrange and manage funerals
3 : an Englishman taking over forfeited lands in Ireland in the 16th and 17th centuries