funeral director

Noun

Meaning

one whose business is the management of funerals

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

undertaker mortician funeral undertaker sexton embalmer funeral parlour pallbearer funeral home employee bereavement counselor grave digger coffinmaker cemeterian grave-maker afterlife specialist like a mortician

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Hypernyms

trained worker skilled worker skilled workman

Hyponyms

embalmer

Related terms

funeral home funereal funeral parlor

Examples

...so unpopular, if he became a funeral director people would stop dying. John Major

Had a teacher who really got into playing an unscrupulous funeral director. Source: Internet

After graduation from the institute, students hope to get an internship (which may last a couple of years) before becoming a licensed funeral director. Source: Internet

“Attendance has not been what it would have been,” said Gary Overcash, funeral director at Carter Funeral Home in Rockingham and president of the North Carolina Funeral Directors Association. Source: Internet

As a funeral director, our role is to sympathise and support families, as well as to communicate what the public health guidelines mean in practical terms. Source: Internet

Bill Troutman, a funeral director at Warker-Troutman Funeral Home in Pottstown, said he usually sees between 50 and 100 guests for services. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

funeral chant funeral chapel funeral church funeral doom funeral door funeral home