Definition of 'undertaker'
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undertaker in British English
noun
a person whose profession is the preparation of the dead for burial or cremation and the management of funerals; funeral director
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undertaker in American English
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undertaker in American English
(for 1 ˈʌndərˌteikər, for 2 ˌʌndərˈteikər)
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undertaker
British English: undertaker
/ˈʌndəˌteɪkə/ NOUN
An undertaker is a person whose job is to deal with the bodies of people who have died and to arrange funerals.
An undertaker had already taken the body away.
- American English: mortician /mɔrˈtɪʃən/
- Arabic: حَانُوتِيّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: agente funerário
- Chinese: 丧事承办人
- Croatian: pogrebnik
- Czech: zřízenec pohřebního ústavu
- Danish: bedemand
- Dutch: begrafenisondernemer
- European Spanish: director de pompas fúnebres
- Finnish: hautausurakoitsija
- French: entrepreneur des pompes funèbres
- German: Leichenbestatter
- Greek: εργολάβος κηδειών
- Italian: impresario di pompe funebri
- Japanese: 葬儀屋
- Korean: 장의사
- Norwegian: begravelsesbyrå
- Polish: przedsiębiorca pogrzebowy
- European Portuguese: agente funerário
- Romanian: antreprenor de pompe funebre
- Russian: гробовщик
- Latin American Spanish: director de pompas funebres
- Swedish: begravningsentreprenör
- Thai: สัปเหร่อ สัปเหร่อ
- Turkish: cenaze levazımatçısı
- Ukrainian: власник похоронного бюро
- Vietnamese: người làm dịch vụ mai táng
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