UNDERTAKER Definition & Meaning

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undertaker

[ uhn-der-tey-ker uhn-der-tey-ker ]

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noun

funeral director.
a person who undertakes something.

undertaker

/ ˈʌ�Ի�əˌ�ٱ�ɪ��ə /

noun

a person whose profession is the preparation of the dead for burial or cremation and the management of funerals; funeral director

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of undertaker¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; undertake, -er ¹

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It meant police, firefighters, paramedics and undertakers all walked around the house and some even touched Mrs Crown's body to move things around.

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Police, firefighters, paramedics and undertakers all walked around the house and some even touched Una's body to move things around.

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Later she learned he had been taken by boat and that undertakers had accompanied him.

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HH: That is so true, and so necessary for fundamental change, because we need new undertakers, new reapers.

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"In the next day's paper, there was an article on how CalMac had loaded the wrong coffin onto the vessel - no mention of the undertaker," he recalled.

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