noun
undertaker
UHN-duh-tay-kuh
noun
1
A person or business that arranges funerals, including preparing the body and organizing the burial or cremation.
"The family met with the undertaker to plan the funeral service."
How to Use Undertaker
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA professional who organizes funerals.
UK vs US
British English tends to say "undertaker"; American English more often uses "funeral director."
Word Forms
undertakers plural
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Etymology
From undertake plus the agent suffix -er, originally meaning simply "one who undertakes a task," later narrowing to specifically mean a funeral director.