mortician

[mawr-tish-uhn]

noun

1. funeral director.

mortician

/ mɔːˈtɪʃən /

noun

1. another word for undertaker

Word History and Origins

Origin of mortician¹

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; mort(uary) + -ician

Word History and Origins

Origin of mortician¹

C19: from _mortuary + -ician, as in physician

Example Sentences

Jim Rainbow, 48, a Susanville, Calif., mortician, tangled in the rigging and the twigs, is here with his wife for their 10th anniversary.

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Lucy likens her job to being a mortician or life insurance broker.

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Fellow morticians were also alarmed at the uptick in the number of bodies cremated by the Lamb Funeral Home, a respected, family-run establishment and pillar of the Southern California mortuary business for generations.

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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.

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"We go from service to lifesaving to mortician, dealing with dead bodies and then doing crowd control," the 40-year-old says.

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