as in undertaker
a person who manages funerals and prepares the dead for burial or cremation
the funeral director instructed the pallbearers on how to proceed
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Recent Examples of funeral director
Fearing foul play, the funeral director sent Sonam’s body back to the ME’s office for an autopsy.
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Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
District court decision upheld In 2021, Attorney General Todd Rokita's office began investigating Death Done Differently after receiving a complaint from a member of the funeral services industry alleging Richwine was unlawfully practicing as a funeral director.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025
Some of the occupations included in the ranking are barbers, cosmetologists, funeral directors, piping contractors, and real estate appraisers.
—Adam A. Millsap, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Casket selection is another major factor, according to Jack Mitchell, a third-generation funeral director at Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home in Baltimore, Maryland.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
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Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
District court decision upheld In 2021, Attorney General Todd Rokita's office began investigating Death Done Differently after receiving a complaint from a member of the funeral services industry alleging Richwine was unlawfully practicing as a funeral director.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 2 Sep. 2025
Some of the occupations included in the ranking are barbers, cosmetologists, funeral directors, piping contractors, and real estate appraisers.
—Adam A. Millsap, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Casket selection is another major factor, according to Jack Mitchell, a third-generation funeral director at Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home in Baltimore, Maryland.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funeral director
undertaker
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Less death-haunted than the others, but there was still that line about the undertaker.—
Andrew Martin,
New Yorker,
14 Dec. 2025
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Here, for reasons known only to himself, Thorne has made Belle the daughter of Scrooge’s boyhood employer, the good-hearted Fezziwig (Paul Whitty), and has made Fezziwig himself (wait for it) an undertaker.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
5 Dec. 2025
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“Funeral director.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funeral%20director. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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