mortician
noun
mor·ti·cian
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Definition of mortician
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Examples of mortician in a Sentence
the mortician will take care of all of the arrangements for the funeral
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Sands said morticians in Abaco have been embalming remains because crews have run out of coolers. — Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, "Hurricane Dorian Death Toll Climbs to 30 — and 'Thousands' Are Still Missing in the Bahamas," 6 Sep. 2019 Salgado’s gaze had always been fixed on the ceiling — his emaciated body statue-like, his two legs wrapped together in a soft splint, and his arms folded across his chest as though a mortician had posed him. — Los Angeles Times, "For months, he lingered in a purgatory between wakefulness and nothingness," 22 Aug. 2019 In the cold tank, during Fowles’s microbiology trimester, the two had a long talk about communicable diseases and whether a mortician might catch one from a corpse. — Joan Niesen, SI.com, "How Sylvia Fowles Balances Being a Lynx Star and a Second Life Dealing With Death," 8 Aug. 2019 The study showed that morticians laugh more than persons under 20. — Scott Harrison, Los Angeles Times, "From the Archives: 1949 UCLA humor study," 7 Aug. 2019 Funeral directors and morticians are one group accustomed to handling sensitive material: human remains. — Anna Lauren Hoffmann, Quartz, "The language we use to describe data can also help us fix its problems," 18 June 2019 Tommy plays a mortician enamored with the 1950s and old Hollywood, which Tommy is, too. — Samantha Incorvaia, azcentral, "'Oh hi, Mark': Why 'The Room' star Greg Sestero says he's an 'Arizona guy'," 16 June 2019 The one survivor is Tilda Swinton as a Scottish samurai and mortician with the only funny routine, turning corpses into glam-rock mannequins. — Armond White, National Review, "The Dead Don’t Die: Climate-Change Comedy for the Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez Era," 14 June 2019 With the exception of the town's sword-wielding mortician (Tilda Swinton), Ronnie is the least fazed by the gruesome happenings. — Author: Sonia Rao, Anchorage Daily News, "Snail mail, zombie tai chi and a Bill Murray joy ride: Making ‘The Dead Don’t Die’ was as surreal as it sounds," 13 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mortician.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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mortician
noun
English Language Learners Definition of mortician
US, formal
: a person whose job is to prepare dead people to be buried and to arrange and manage funerals
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mortician
noun
mor·ti·cian
| \ mȯr-ˈtish-ən
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