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funeral director

NOUN
someone who arranges funerals
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Anyone can set up as a funeral director without formal training, registration or oversight.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

He behaved in a way utterly at odds to their expectations of a funeral director.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Undertakers in England and Wales can operate without a licence, with anybody free to set themselves up as a funeral director.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

A British funeral director faced prison Monday over a scandal that saw bodies left "stored on racks" and uncremated while relatives were handed other people's ashes, sparking calls for better regulation of the industry.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

We started quiet, but soon exploded, as the kindly funeral director pretended not to listen and our mother just stared at us implacably, through the fog of her own pain.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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