mortician

The definition of a mortician is an undertaker - a person whose job it is to host funerals for the dead.

(noun)

A man who you go to see when your loved one dies who will pick up the body, make up the body, put the body in a casket and host a funeral is an example of a mortician.

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See mortician in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

funeral director

Origin: < L mors, death (see mortal) + -ician

See mortician in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Latin mors, mort-, death; see mortal

Origin: + -ician

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