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undertaker

[uhn-der-tay-ker, uhn-der-tay-ker] / ˈʌn dərˌteɪ kər, ˌʌn dərˈteɪ kər /
NOUN
funeral director
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Kate said the undertaker told her Paul had a tag on him saying "environmental hazard" while his body was in the morgue.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The polished silver name-plate on the white box, so small it only needs one undertaker to carry it, reads Baby Auckland, a name given to him by the authorities.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2026

A local undertaker said the embalmed remains of the Iranian sailors were being sent back in sealed boxes.

From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026

A pilgrimage to the oldest concrete road in America detours to meeting a descendant of the undertaker who embalmed Chef Boyardee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2026

I told him he looked like an undertaker.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

He began by working for other undertakers before setting up his own business.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

Now undertakers are offering dedicated spaces to families.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

Every autumn, as leaves turn from green to auburn and float to the ground, we turn into a nation of outdoor undertakers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

Modern Western culture caricatures vultures as undertakers, grim harbingers of death and hardly ideal images of maternal love.

From Salon ● May 11, 2025

So they are airborne undertakers, in a way.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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