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
That can vary widely, though: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics says the median salary for morticians, undertakers and funeral arrangers in Rhode Island is $84,120, while the same professionals make a median salary of $33,040 in Texas.
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
The considerate undertakers came and carried her downstairs and out the front door, wheeled her down the drive and away.
—Geoff Dyer, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Formaldehyde, the chemical of choice for undertakers and embalmers, is also used in products like furniture and clothes.
—Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The thickets contain police officers, undertakers, insurance agents, attorneys, claims adjusters, benefits counsellors, human-resources workers, notaries, friends.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
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Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
The considerate undertakers came and carried her downstairs and out the front door, wheeled her down the drive and away.
—Geoff Dyer, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Formaldehyde, the chemical of choice for undertakers and embalmers, is also used in products like furniture and clothes.
—Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The thickets contain police officers, undertakers, insurance agents, attorneys, claims adjusters, benefits counsellors, human-resources workers, notaries, friends.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undertaker
Noun
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Since 2016 Jones has held the position of mortician and funeral director at Lawrence A. Jones and Sons Funeral Home.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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Some of the connections are easy to spot: Marty and Felicia are chaperones at Chuck's school dance in Act III, and Carl Lumbly's Sam Yarbrough, who Marty encounters on his walk to Felicia's, is the funeral director when Chuck's grandfather (Mark Hamill) dies.—
Ashley Boucher,
EW.com,
6 June 2025
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In March, a continuing-ed event for morticians featured an appearance by Jennifer Muldowney, an Irish funeral planner who’s known as the Glam Reaper.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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In 1989, Sconce was sentenced to five years in prison for mutilating corpses, holding mass cremations at $55 a body and hiring strongmen to assault three rival morticians.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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“Undertaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undertaker. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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