funeral director

noun

: one whose profession is the management of funerals and who is usually an embalmer

Examples of funeral director in a Sentence

the funeral director instructed the pallbearers on how to proceed
Recent Examples on the Web Licensed professions vary by state but include art therapists, funeral directors, mortgage brokers, plumbers, teachers, and taxidermists. Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 Rather, he’s intrigued by the way that undertakers refashioned themselves—haltingly but successfully—as funeral directors over the span of a few decades in the early twentieth century. Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024 This is not the first attempt at bringing water cremation to the state — it has been proposed at least three times in Indiana’s legislature over the last 15 years, according to Andy Clayton, spokesman for the state funeral director association. Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Jan. 2024 Even so, Torres never set out to be a funeral director. Eleanor Cummins, Popular Mechanics, 22 Feb. 2023 As part of the rule, funeral directors must give consumers price information over the phone if it is requested. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024 Another son, Jaimie Hutchison, is funeral director. Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2023 The funeral director's original owner, T.C. Auman, had the corpse embalmed with untested techniques, leading to the corpse retaining hair, teeth and flesh, Blankenbiller said. Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023 But when Dotson’s body arrived at a funeral home five days later, it was severely decomposed, the funeral director allegedly told his family. Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of funeral director was in 1834

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“Funeral director.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/funeral%20director. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

funeral director

noun
: a person whose profession is the managing of funerals and the preparation of the dead for burial or cremation
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