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
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.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Some alterations were made to these conditions in the years to follow, most notably, time periods were extended, undertakers were allowed to have Irish tenants on their estates.
—Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025
Heather’s husband Terry Dubrow arrives looking like Dodge City’s undertaker in a mid-calf black jacket and a bolo tie.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
The funeral was closed casket—an uncommon thing for Catholics back then—because my mother did not want people to see the work the undertakers had to do to stitch my father back together.
—Jon Michael Varese, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2025
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
Some alterations were made to these conditions in the years to follow, most notably, time periods were extended, undertakers were allowed to have Irish tenants on their estates.
—Literary Hub, 25 Nov. 2025
Heather’s husband Terry Dubrow arrives looking like Dodge City’s undertaker in a mid-calf black jacket and a bolo tie.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
The funeral was closed casket—an uncommon thing for Catholics back then—because my mother did not want people to see the work the undertakers had to do to stitch my father back together.
—Jon Michael Varese, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undertaker
Noun
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Loved it when your shortstop, who’s as fun as a funeral director, drew a walk the other day and broke into a dead sprint for first.—
Kevin Sherrington
Feb. 25,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Current Oklahoma law requires anyone selling caskets to be a licensed funeral director operating out of a funeral home.—
Dale Denwalt,
Oklahoman,
6 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Some worse than others considering Joe Philbin came off more as a mortician than NFL head coach.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
11 Jan. 2026
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While other families were prepping their turkeys, a mortician was prepping his body.—
Kimberly Zapata,
Parents,
26 Nov. 2025
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“Undertaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertaker. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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