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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Recent Examples of mortician
The film would find its connection to Clive Barker with the casting of Tony Todd as a mortician.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 May 2025
Katie Holmes is a delight as a fed-up mortician’s wife more than ready to fly the coop.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 May 2025
How much do funeral directors and morticians make? Morticians make an average salary of $56,126 a year, according to Indeed.com.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
What is the most challenging aspect of your work as a funeral home director and mortician?
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 May 2025
Katie Holmes is a delight as a fed-up mortician’s wife more than ready to fly the coop.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 8 May 2025
How much do funeral directors and morticians make? Morticians make an average salary of $56,126 a year, according to Indeed.com.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
What is the most challenging aspect of your work as a funeral home director and mortician?
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mortician
undertaker
Noun
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McGrath as Kenny Klaus, the town’s undertaker, who is old enough to remember seeing Richard and Kristen in Our Town.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
18 July 2025
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Though there were initial reports that Mansfield was decapitated in the accident, her undertaker Jim Roberts later revealed that that was untrue.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
29 June 2025
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“Mortician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortician. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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