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noun
a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.
a person who owns or operates a funeral home.
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Also called mortician, undertaker.

Origin of funeral director

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

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funeral director

noun
an undertaker
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