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
Chapelle, a retired funeral director, now goes on miles-long hikes.
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Sam Gillette, People.com, 2 June 2025
With the steadfast industry on uncertain footing, funeral directors have been forced to innovate.
—Susan Shain, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Henry Winkler might share the stage with a funeral director, and callers weigh in on such subjects as cruises and whether dinosaur skeletons are put together incorrectly.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 11 May 2025
Catherine and Freddie, Season 1 Who knew this show would have all of us lusting after a funeral director?
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 5 May 2025
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Sam Gillette, People.com, 2 June 2025
With the steadfast industry on uncertain footing, funeral directors have been forced to innovate.
—Susan Shain, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Henry Winkler might share the stage with a funeral director, and callers weigh in on such subjects as cruises and whether dinosaur skeletons are put together incorrectly.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 11 May 2025
Catherine and Freddie, Season 1 Who knew this show would have all of us lusting after a funeral director?
—Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for funeral director
undertaker
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McGrath as Kenny Klaus, the town’s undertaker, who is old enough to remember seeing Richard and Kristen in Our Town.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
18 July 2025
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Though there were initial reports that Mansfield was decapitated in the accident, her undertaker Jim Roberts later revealed that that was untrue.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
29 June 2025
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“Funeral director.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funeral%20director. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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