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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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Eleri's body was flown back to the UK and has been formally identified by an undertaker, the inquest heard.

From BBC Jul. 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

“I had so much metal inside me, I thought I wouldn’t need a burial when I died—the undertaker could just pop me in the recycling bin,” he quips in “Last Rites.”

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

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

The delivery boy from the bakery has supplied us with darning thread—90 cents for one measly skein—the milkman can get hold of ration books, an undertaker delivers cheese.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

At present, there are no laws or regulations governing undertakers.

From BBC Apr. 2, 2026

Now undertakers are offering dedicated spaces to families.

From Barron's Feb. 25, 2026

Every autumn, as leaves turn from green to auburn and float to the ground, we turn into a nation of outdoor undertakers.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 16, 2025

“The Mortician” is not the cable network’s first series about a family of undertakers operating a Pasadena funeral home.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2025

He brought rocks in wheelbarrows for undertakers to bury and carried away the deceased.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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