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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The morticians haven’t made him up but just brushed his hair and drawn a blanket to his throat.
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Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
Mitchell worked as a mortician at a funeral home in the Tidewater area.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2025
When the mortician described the fang marks, Ms. Ngari was distraught.
—Brian Otieno, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The morticians of the Middle Ages pick up bodies to place on a wheelbarrow in the midst of a pestilence.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 17 Apr. 2024
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Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
Mitchell worked as a mortician at a funeral home in the Tidewater area.
—Steve Lyttle, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2025
When the mortician described the fang marks, Ms. Ngari was distraught.
—Brian Otieno, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
The morticians of the Middle Ages pick up bodies to place on a wheelbarrow in the midst of a pestilence.
—David Plazas, The Tennessean, 17 Apr. 2024
See All Example Sentences for mortician
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“Mortician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortician. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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