funeral director

American  

noun

1. a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.

2. a person who owns or operates a funeral home.

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funeral director British  

noun

1. an undertaker

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Etymology

Origin of funeral director

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Example Sentences

Two funeral directors who kept bodies in an unrefrigerated room for more than a month have been found guilty of preventing lawful burial.

From BBC

Three people have been arrested and charged in an investigation into missing ashes at a funeral directors.

From BBC

Over the past decade, she has been an embalmer, funeral director, hospice worker, and end-of-life therapist.

From Los Angeles Times

Families whose babies' bodies were kept at a funeral director's home will call for tighter regulation of the funeral industry when they meet a government minister later.

From BBC

Rows of coffins line a university classroom in the South Korean port city of Busan, ready for the training of future funeral directors in a country where the population is ageing rapidly.

From Barron's