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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Katie Holmes is a delight as a fed-up mortician’s wife more than ready to fly the coop.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 May 2025
How much do funeral directors and morticians make? Morticians make an average salary of $56,126 a year, according to Indeed.com.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
What is the most challenging aspect of your work as a funeral home director and mortician?
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
During a previous spike in gold prices, Clark said, people were asking morticians for permission to pull gold teeth from the mouths of dead family members.
—Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 May 2025
How much do funeral directors and morticians make? Morticians make an average salary of $56,126 a year, according to Indeed.com.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
What is the most challenging aspect of your work as a funeral home director and mortician?
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
During a previous spike in gold prices, Clark said, people were asking morticians for permission to pull gold teeth from the mouths of dead family members.
—Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortician
undertaker
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The coroner also confirmed the woman’s death and undertakers were called to move the body into the coffin.—
Nick Butler,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2025
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Weir was sick about the sheriff, no question, but now the undertaker had him and there was nothing to be done.—
Louise Erdrich,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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“Mortician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortician. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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