mortician
noun /mɔːˈtɪʃn/
/mɔːrˈtɪʃn/
(North American English) (also formal funeral director, undertaker ())
- a person whose job is to prepare the bodies of dead people to be buried or cremated, and to arrange funerals
Topics Jobsc2, Life stagesc2殡葬承办人;殡仪服务员 词源late 19th cent.: from Latin mors, mort- ‘death’ + -ician.