as in undertaker
a person who manages funerals and prepares the dead for burial or cremation
the mortician will take care of all of the arrangements for the funeral
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Recent Examples of mortician
What is the most challenging aspect of your work as a funeral home director and mortician?
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J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
During a previous spike in gold prices, Clark said, people were asking morticians for permission to pull gold teeth from the mouths of dead family members.
—Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
The film will also see the return of Tony Todd as mortician William Bludworth.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
The morticians haven’t made him up but just brushed his hair and drawn a blanket to his throat.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
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J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
During a previous spike in gold prices, Clark said, people were asking morticians for permission to pull gold teeth from the mouths of dead family members.
—Andrea Chang, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025
The film will also see the return of Tony Todd as mortician William Bludworth.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
The morticians haven’t made him up but just brushed his hair and drawn a blanket to his throat.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortician
undertaker
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Weir was sick about the sheriff, no question, but now the undertaker had him and there was nothing to be done.—
Louise Erdrich,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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After his death, his unclaimed body was embalmed with arsenic and displayed by an undertaker for a fee.—
Dave Quinn,
People.com,
7 May 2025
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“Mortician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortician. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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