as in undertaker
a person who manages funerals and prepares the dead for burial or cremation
the mortician will take care of all of the arrangements for the funeral
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Recent Examples of mortician
After Julia outed their affair in the one true bombshell of the season and Adriana wowed everyone by bringing up a Haitian mortician who got a free coffee maker (an excellent Halloween costume, BTW), the next season will just be the two of them sniping and shouting.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
In October 2012, Byron Griffy, a respected mortician, was found dead on his remote ranch, shot execution-style.
—Peter White, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
In the years following, Hughes left California politics and started a second career as a mortician in Oregon.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
While attending the wedding of one of her clients, Lucy explains to a potential love interest and brother of the groom, Harry (Pedro Pascal), that being a matchmaker is like being a mortician or insurance claim adjuster because of the job’s focus on stats like height, weight, race, and income.
—Myisha Battle, Time, 20 June 2025
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
In October 2012, Byron Griffy, a respected mortician, was found dead on his remote ranch, shot execution-style.
—Peter White, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2025
In the years following, Hughes left California politics and started a second career as a mortician in Oregon.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
While attending the wedding of one of her clients, Lucy explains to a potential love interest and brother of the groom, Harry (Pedro Pascal), that being a matchmaker is like being a mortician or insurance claim adjuster because of the job’s focus on stats like height, weight, race, and income.
—Myisha Battle, Time, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortician
undertaker
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As an epidemic spreads chaos, Jacob – sheriff, undertaker and pastor – must fight to save his town, his family and his soul.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2026
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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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“Mortician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortician. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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