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Undertaker

/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkə(ɹ)/

A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.

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📖 Definitions of "Undertaker"

noun

1
A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.
2
A person receiving land in Ireland during the Elizabethan era, so named because they gave an undertaking to abide by several conditions regarding marriage, to be loyal to the crown, and to use English as their spoken language.
3
A contractor for the royal revenue in England, one of those who undertook to manage the House of Commons for the king in the Addled Parliament of 1614.
4
One who undertakes or commits to doing something.

🔄 Synonyms of "Undertaker"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
morticiannoun	(US) An undertaker or funeral director; especially, one who is also the embalmer or cremator.
funeral directornoun	An undertaker; one who arranges funerals.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Undertaker"

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Word	Definition
funeral directornoun	An undertaker; one who arranges funerals.
morticiannoun	(US) An undertaker or funeral director; especially, one who is also the embalmer or cremator.
funeralnoun	A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
burialnoun	The act of burying; interment; placing remains into the earth.
mortuarynoun	A place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremation; broadly, synonym of funeral home.
contractornoun	A person or company that builds or improves buildings or structures.
entrepreneurnoun	A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.
funeralistnoun	(rare) A funeral director; one who arranges a funeral, often after preparing a body for it.
mute	Not having the power of speech; dumb.
funeral celebrantnoun	A person who conducts funerals, memorial services, and similar ceremonies, but who is not a funeral director or a member of the clergy.
funeralgoernoun	One who attends a funeral.
cremationistnoun	Someone in favour of the practice of cremation.
underbearernoun	One who helps to bear or carry the corpse or accessories at a funeral.
funeral-goernoun	Alternative form of funeralgoer. [One who attends a funeral.]
bearernoun	One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
gravediggernoun	A person employed to dig graves.
gravekeepernoun	A graveyard attendant.
cemeteriannoun	A cemetery superintendent.
dienernoun	A morgue worker responsible for handling, moving, and cleaning the corpse.
embalmernoun	One who embalms a corpse; a practitioner of mortuary science.