Meaning & use
mortician
A person whose profession is preparing the dead for burial or cremation and arranging funerals.
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The mortician carefully prepared the body for the family's viewing.
She trained for three years to become a licensed mortician.
A note on using this word
Mortician is the standard American English term; 'undertaker' is more common in British English for the same profession.
Words with a similar meaning
undertakerfuneral director
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