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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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She called him "the undertaker" because of his liking for dark, sombre suits.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

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

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

I attended to all the ghastly formalities, and the urbane undertaker proved that his staff were afflicted—or blessed—with something of his own obsequious suavity.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker




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