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undertaker

[uhn-der-tey-ker, uhn-der-tey-ker] / ˈʌn dərˌteɪ kər, ˌʌn dərˈteɪ kər /
NOUN
funeral director
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Durham Police and Durham County Council will work with a local undertaker to perform a funeral later this month, with the child to be buried in Bishop Auckland cemetery.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Recalls a peeved Mr. Blankfein: “It was like the undertaker calling at your sickbed.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

A local undertaker said the embalmed remains of the Iranian sailors were being sent back in sealed boxes.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

The single, folded sheet lists just 90 names, mostly businesses near historic downtown such as liveries, saloons, physicians, mills, druggists and the local undertaker.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025

Leon looked up, smiling at Santucci, blinking away the flush on his cheeks, a smile like the kind an undertaker fixes on the face of a corpse.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier




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