mortician

Noun

Meaning

one whose business is the management of funerals

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

undertaker funeral director funeral undertaker sexton gravedigger funeral burial contractor entrepreneur caretaker taxidermy embalmer coroner taxidermist embalming
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Antonyms

hand

Hypernyms

skilled worker skilled workman trained worker

Hyponyms

embalmer

Related terms

mortuary

Phrases with the word

like a mortician

Anagrams

Maronitic

Examples

Of course I'm delighted that Fun Home has met with such success, but it still strikes me as very unlikely that an odd, cerebral story about a lesbian and her closeted gay suicidal mortician father would have struck a chord with anyone but me. Alison Bechdel

A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job and then have the patient sit up on the table. Jean Kerr

I take classes to be a mortician. Amber Cope

Dad goes to the funeral home and asks the mortician about the grave, and the mortician spills the beans. Source: Internet

He was a mortician, having worked for Day & Carter Mortuary for several years; then worked at Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane, where he retired after 27 years of service. Source: Internet

"The young person who died was not for Paul- not their body, not their image, not their story," tweeted Caitlin Doughty, a mortician and author. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mortice and tenon morticer mortichnium mortido mortier mortierellaceous