a person engaged in the profession or business of conducting funerals and supervising or directing the burial and disposal of dead human bodies
a professional whose role is one of service
Also mortician, undertaker. A trained and certified professional who arranges and supervises the burial or cremation of human remains.
The professional who prepares the body for burial, supervises burial and other services, and maintains a funeral home for these purposes. Also called a mortician or undertaker.
A professional who prepares for the burial or other disposition of dead human bodies, supervises such burial or disposition, maintains a funeral establishment for such purposes, counsels with survivors. Synonym: mortician, undertaker.
A funeral director (also known as a mortician or undertaker) is someone involved in the business of funeral rites. The job often entails the burial or cremation of the dead, as well as the planning and arrangement of the actual funeral ceremony.