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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Into the Thirties, families preferred to host funerals in their own homes, so undertakers waged a PR campaign.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Many publicans in 19th-century Ireland doubled as grocers or even undertakers.
—Carson Terbush, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
In fancy purlieus, though, undertakers were met with intransigence.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The pair borrowed a hearse from one of Knight’s friends and pretended to be undertakers to transport Riva’s body to the funeral home with a tiny lil’ pitstop in Jimmy’s autopsy suite to confirm the coroner’s findings.
—EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
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Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Many publicans in 19th-century Ireland doubled as grocers or even undertakers.
—Carson Terbush, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
In fancy purlieus, though, undertakers were met with intransigence.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The pair borrowed a hearse from one of Knight’s friends and pretended to be undertakers to transport Riva’s body to the funeral home with a tiny lil’ pitstop in Jimmy’s autopsy suite to confirm the coroner’s findings.
—EW.com, 12 Feb. 2024
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“Undertaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertaker. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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