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un⋅der⋅tak⋅er

  [uhn-der-tey-ker for 1; uhn-der-tey-ker for 2]
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–noun
1. funeral director.
2. a person who undertakes something.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see undertake, -er 1
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funeral director

 
–noun
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.

Origin:
1885–90, Americanism
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funeral director  
n.  One whose business is to arrange for the burial or cremation of the dead and assist at the funeral rites and who is usually an embalmer. Also called mortician, undertaker.
un·der·tak·er   (ŭn'dər-tā'kər)   
n.  

  1. (ŭn'dər-tā'kər) See funeral director.

  2. One, especially an entrepreneur, that undertakes a task or job.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

undertaker 
c.1400, "a contractor or projector of any sort," agent noun from undertake (q.v.). The specialized sense (1698) emerged from funeral-undertaker.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: un·der·tak·er
Pronunciation: '&n-d&r-"tA-k&r
Function: noun
: an individual whose business is to prepare thedead for burial and to arrange and manage funerals called also mortician
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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