- funeral director
- noun Date: 1886 one whose profession is the management of funerals and who is usually an embalmer
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
funeral director
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funeral director — funeral directors N COUNT A funeral director is a person whose job is to arrange funerals … English dictionary
funeral director — ☆ funeral director n. a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who manages a funeral home … English World dictionary
funeral director — ► NOUN ▪ an undertaker … English terms dictionary
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funeral director — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms funeral director : singular funeral director plural funeral directors American an undertaker … English dictionary
funeral director — noun one whose business is the management of funerals • Syn: ↑mortician, ↑undertaker, ↑funeral undertaker • Hypernyms: ↑skilled worker, ↑trained worker, ↑skilled workman • … Useful english dictionary
funeral director — funeral di.rector n someone who is paid to organize a funeral British Equivalent: undertaker … Dictionary of contemporary English
funeral director — funeral di,rector noun count someone whose job is to organize funerals: UNDERTAKER … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
funeral director — 1. a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals. 2. a person who owns or operates a funeral home. Also called mortician, undertaker. [1885 90, Amer.] * * … Universalium
funeral director — noun (C) someone who is paid to organize a funeral; undertaker BrE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
