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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.


funeral director

noun

  1. an undertaker
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of funeral director1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
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A man has been charged with 64 offences after a major investigation into a funeral directors in Hull in which police removed 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes.

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A few weeks later I also spent four hours with them Kyle; in the funeral director's.

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The chain said the number of breaches amounted to "less than 2% of transactions" across its property portfolio, which includes its supermarkets and funeral directors.

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Sarah Jones, the Leeds-based funeral director who organised the send-off, says demand for sustainability is growing.

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A local funeral director warned commissioners of a rural county in northernmost Idaho that lawmakers might approve reforms that would create “prohibitive†costs to local governments.

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