funeral director
noun
: one whose profession is the management of funerals and who is usually an embalmer
Examples of funeral director in a Sentence
the funeral director instructed the pallbearers on how to proceed
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Rivero is a funeral director at Pacific Interment Service in Emeryville, and the futuristic machine is an aquamation system.
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Collin Blinder, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
The legislation mandates the regulation and licensing of mortuary science practitioners, funeral directors, embalmers, cremationists, and natural reductionists.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2025
Such is the dilemma faced by the Greene family’s fourth-generation funeral director, Arthur (David Alan Grier).
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
The outlet reported that per the hearing, Payne — who died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina — was formally identified with help from funeral directors in Buckinghamshire.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Collin Blinder, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
The legislation mandates the regulation and licensing of mortuary science practitioners, funeral directors, embalmers, cremationists, and natural reductionists.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2025
Such is the dilemma faced by the Greene family’s fourth-generation funeral director, Arthur (David Alan Grier).
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
The outlet reported that per the hearing, Payne — who died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina — was formally identified with help from funeral directors in Buckinghamshire.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Funeral director.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funeral%20director. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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