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