funeral director
nounDefinition of funeral director
: one whose profession is the management of funerals and who is usually an embalmer
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Examples of funeral director in a Sentence
the funeral director instructed the pallbearers on how to proceed
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Stanley Theodore Levinson, the son of Emmanuel Levinson, a funeral director, and his wife, Goldie Levinson, a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised in Forest Park. — Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, "Stanley T. Levinson, who worked in his family’s funeral business for more than seven decades, dies," 20 Aug. 2019 Bishop Harrison Johnson, a Perches funeral director, delivered the eulogy. — New York Times, "In El Paso, Hundreds Show Up to Mourn a Woman They Didn’t Know," 16 Aug. 2019 That’s how Fowles found herself in Alexandria, Minnesota where Lynx trainer Kate Taber had a connection: A funeral director there, Sari Lind, had played guard for the University of Minnesota from 2010-14, when Taber was a Gophers trainer. — Joan Niesen, SI.com, "How Sylvia Fowles Balances Being a Lynx Star and a Second Life Dealing With Death," 8 Aug. 2019 Cremations typically cost 40% less than traditional funerals with burials, according to the funeral directors association, which negatively impacts funeral home revenue. — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, "As trends shift, Colorado cemeteries and funeral homes look to inject life into the commemoration of death," 28 July 2019 Tech-savvy entrepreneurs offer livestreaming as a service to hesitant funeral directors. — Paris Martineau, WIRED, "Now Even Funerals Are Livestreamed—and Families Are Grateful," 30 July 2019 John Carmon, spokesman for the National Funeral Directors Association and a Connecticut funeral director for 52 years, said a big part of the evolution of the industry can be attributed to changing religious dynamics. — Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, "As trends shift, Colorado cemeteries and funeral homes look to inject life into the commemoration of death," 28 July 2019 Under a national system of industry-wide salary awards, pay in many jobs, from cabin crew to funeral directors, is in effect indexed to the minimum wage. — The Economist, "Australia has the world’s highest minimum wage," 20 July 2019 Now imagine a world where morticians and funeral directors treat our remains the way some companies treat our data. — Anna Lauren Hoffmann, Quartz, "The language we use to describe data can also help us fix its problems," 18 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'funeral director.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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