as in undertaker
a person who manages funerals and prepares the dead for burial or cremation
the funeral director instructed the pallbearers on how to proceed
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New charges have reportedly been brought against a Colorado funeral director who was accused of storing a body in a hearse for over a year.
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Toria Sheffield, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Ranking above judges: clergy, auto mechanics, police officers, funeral directors and day care providers.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Roberto Savarese, a 56-year-old funeral director from the Italian city of Bari, was the first person to discover the body of the 1-month-old boy on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 2, inside a baby box at San Giovanni Battista Church.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Colorado Until this May, Colorado's funeral directors didn't need a license and had little oversight.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 29 Sep. 2024
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Toria Sheffield, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
Ranking above judges: clergy, auto mechanics, police officers, funeral directors and day care providers.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
Roberto Savarese, a 56-year-old funeral director from the Italian city of Bari, was the first person to discover the body of the 1-month-old boy on the morning of Thursday, Jan. 2, inside a baby box at San Giovanni Battista Church.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
Colorado Until this May, Colorado's funeral directors didn't need a license and had little oversight.
—Christina Coulter, Fox News, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Funeral director.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funeral%20director. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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