as in funeral director
a person who manages funerals and prepares the dead for burial or cremation
the undertaker wore black clothes and a solemn expression
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Recent Examples of undertaker
Formaldehyde, the chemical of choice for undertakers and embalmers, is also used in products like furniture and clothes.
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Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The thickets contain police officers, undertakers, insurance agents, attorneys, claims adjusters, benefits counsellors, human-resources workers, notaries, friends.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
After This Death The Bottom Line Call the undertaker.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Everyone around her, including the prison guards, the undertaker and even the warden, seem unsettled by what’s happening.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
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Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The thickets contain police officers, undertakers, insurance agents, attorneys, claims adjusters, benefits counsellors, human-resources workers, notaries, friends.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
After This Death The Bottom Line Call the undertaker.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Everyone around her, including the prison guards, the undertaker and even the warden, seem unsettled by what’s happening.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undertaker
Noun
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The men fled, leaving the shaken funeral director behind in the mortuary.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Rivero is a funeral director at Pacific Interment Service in Emeryville, and the futuristic machine is an aquamation system.—
Collin Blinder,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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The film would find its connection to Clive Barker with the casting of Tony Todd as a mortician.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
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Katie Holmes is a delight as a fed-up mortician’s wife more than ready to fly the coop.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
8 May 2025
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“Undertaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertaker. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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