noun
mortician
maw-TIH-shuhn
noun
1
Someone whose job is to prepare bodies for burial and arrange funerals; an undertaker.
"The mortician gently prepared the body for the open-casket service."
"She trained for years to become a licensed mortician."
How to Use Mortician
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA funeral professional who handles and prepares the dead.
UK vs US
Mainly American English; British English tends to say "undertaker" or "funeral director".
Easily confused with
Word Forms
morticians plural
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Etymology
A modern American coinage combining Latin mort- ("death") with the professional suffix "-ician", modeled on words like "physician".