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Definition of Embalmer
1. Noun. A mortician who treats corpses with preservatives.
Derivative terms: Embalm
Definition of Embalmer
1. n. One who embalms.
Definition of Embalmer
1. Noun. One who embalms a corpse; a practicioner of mortuary science. ¹
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Definition of Embalmer
1. one that embalms [n -S] - See also: embalms
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embalmer
Literary usage of Embalmer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... where his father and other relations lye interred ; and accordingly an embalmer
is gone to Lancaster to take up his body, and carry it to Salisbury. ..."
2. Supplement ... to the Public Health Reports by United States Public Health Service (1921)
"Any person embalming or attempting to embalm, or faring or attempting to care
for a dead human body, either as an embalmer. assistant embalmer. undertaker ..."