mortician

[ mawr-tish-uhn ]

noun

1. funeral director.

mortician

/ mɔːˈtɪʃən /

noun

1. another word for undertaker

Word History and Origins

Origin of mortician¹

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; mort(uary) + -ician

Word History and Origins

Origin of mortician¹

C19: from mortuary + -ician, as in physician

Example Sentences

Horace had been playing poker with a mortician, who had put the car up as collateral.

From The Daily Beast

"Father Gary" didn't grow up with a mercurial mortician who embalmed his mother, either.

From The Daily Beast

Though Father Gary did spend a summer working with a mortician.

From The Daily Beast

I remember one who was studying to become a mortician and he got several very expensive books on the subject.

From Project Gutenberg

The really smart way nowadays of bidding good-bye to the world is to go to the establishment of a "mortician."

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Here I discovered that to the mind of the mortician towels belong to the Dark Ages.

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Here was an expert and a graduate mortician, with diploma to prove it; also one gifted of the pen.

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Marry Miss Dutton, and you'll be a scarecrow within a year, and require the services of the mortician within two!

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