undertaker

The definition of an undertaker is a mortician or someone in the business of readying dead bodies for a funeral and setting up and conducting a funeral.

(noun)

A man who runs a funeral home, plans the funeral, embalms the dead person and oversees the funeral is an example of an undertaker.

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See undertaker in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a person who undertakes something
  2. funeral director: a somewhat old-fashioned usage

See undertaker in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. (ŭnˈdər-tāˌkər) See funeral director.
  2. One, especially an entrepreneur, that undertakes a task or job.

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