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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The lawyer, mortician and reality personality, 51, did not show up to filming for the Bravo series' season wrap-up episodes, which taped on Thursday, Feb. 13 in New York City with host Andy Cohen.
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Dave Quinn, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Mount Washington also employs licensed morticians who can remediate gravesites — something that Hunter, a lawyer by trade, isn’t qualified to do.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2025
Parks, a lawyer and a licensed mortician who first joined Real Housewives in Season 3, left the show amid a rift with fellow cast member Kandi Burruss.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 31 Jan. 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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Dave Quinn, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
Mount Washington also employs licensed morticians who can remediate gravesites — something that Hunter, a lawyer by trade, isn’t qualified to do.
—Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2025
Parks, a lawyer and a licensed mortician who first joined Real Housewives in Season 3, left the show amid a rift with fellow cast member Kandi Burruss.
—Kristal Dixon, Axios, 31 Jan. 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
See All Example Sentences for mortician
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“Mortician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortician. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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