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Definition of Funeral undertaker
1. Noun. One whose business is the management of funerals.
Specialized synonyms: Embalmer
Generic synonyms: Skilled Worker, Skilled Workman, Trained Worker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Funeral Undertaker
Literary usage of Funeral undertaker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, Now Called the Ancient by Oliver Ayer Roberts (1901)
"On leaving school, he entered the employ of Caleb I. Pratt, funeral undertaker,
in Boston, and has continued in that business ever since. ..."
2. Illustrated Boston, the Metropolis of New England. 1889 by American publishing and engraving co. (1889)
"W A. TAYLOR, Furnishing and funeral undertaker, Nos. ... As a furnishing .
and funeral undertaker Mr. Taylor is the leader in his profession in ..."
3. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1866)
"... that no person shall exercise the office of funeral undertaker within the
limits of the town, unless he shall have been first appointed and licensed by ..."
4. Dublin, Cork, and South of Ireland: A Literary, Commercial, and Social (1892)
"THOMAS MCKENZIE & SONS, LIMITED, derives its great support and custom. AG WALLER,
funeral undertaker, Carriage and Furniture Van Proprietor, 48, 49, and 50, ..."