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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His father, Raymond Curran, was a mortician and funeral home director, and his mother, Virginia, was a homemaker.
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Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2024
The lawyer, mortician and television personality was a standout on season 2 of The Traitors.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024
Mitford also notes that embalming became a common practice in America during the Civil War, when morticians needed to preserve bodies during transport back home from battlefields.
—Sabina Wex, Glamour, 17 June 2024
Phaedra Parks, a lawyer turned reality star turned mortician turned reality star, has become the surprise fan favorite of the second season of Peacock’s dastardly game of deception The Traitors.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2024
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Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2024
The lawyer, mortician and television personality was a standout on season 2 of The Traitors.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 29 July 2024
Mitford also notes that embalming became a common practice in America during the Civil War, when morticians needed to preserve bodies during transport back home from battlefields.
—Sabina Wex, Glamour, 17 June 2024
Phaedra Parks, a lawyer turned reality star turned mortician turned reality star, has become the surprise fan favorite of the second season of Peacock’s dastardly game of deception The Traitors.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Mortician.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mortician. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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