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funeral director

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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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RELATED WORDS

mortician, undertaker, embalmer

Nearby words

fundy, fundy, bay of, funemployed, funen, funeral, funeral director, funeral home, funeral parlor, funeral parlour, funeral pie, funeralize

Origin of funeral director

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Also called mortician, undertaker.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

British Dictionary definitions for funeral director

funeral director

noun

an undertaker
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012