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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Parks, a lawyer and a licensed mortician who first joined Real Housewives in Season 3, left the show amid a rift with fellow cast member Kandi Burruss.
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Kristal Dixon, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
Mount Washington also employs licensed morticians who can remediate gravesites — something that Hunter, a lawyer by trade, isn’t qualified to do.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2025
Mitchell worked as a mortician at a funeral home in the Tidewater area.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2025
The suit was originally filed in 2023 by Bernie Tiede, a former mortician serving a life sentence, until prisoner rights groups joined his effort.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025
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Kristal Dixon, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
Mount Washington also employs licensed morticians who can remediate gravesites — something that Hunter, a lawyer by trade, isn’t qualified to do.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2025
Mitchell worked as a mortician at a funeral home in the Tidewater area.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2025
The suit was originally filed in 2023 by Bernie Tiede, a former mortician serving a life sentence, until prisoner rights groups joined his effort.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortician
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Malone, a 31-year-old man, plays the aging woman Hester — along with an American pilot, a macabre undertaker, and multiple other characters — as part of a five-person ensemble.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
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After his death, his unclaimed body was embalmed with arsenic and displayed by an undertaker for a fee.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Mortician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortician. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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