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mortician

mortician

28 7.9
A person who prepares dead bodies and arranges funerals
  • noun
  • /mɔrˈtɪʃən/
translation icon : director de funeraria
  • As the mortician, she prepares the deceased for their final farewell.
  • mortician's assistant
  • funeral mortician
  • call a mortician

They're there, they're done up by the guy, the mortician, they're in the box, they're in the whole thing.

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Examples

  • You're talking about the mortician out there?

    Any Given Sunday (1999)

  • The mortician standing by the door simply smiled and judged her statement admirable.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • I think we passed a mortician on the way in.

    Destination Wedding (2018)

  • The mortician said that death has a design, right?

    Final Destination (2000)

  • I also paid a call to the town mortician.

    Arachnophobia (1990)

  • You can read those things and then call a mortician to make an appointment.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • I know a reliable mortician.

    Wild Geese II (1985)

  • Suddenly, a female mortician steps into the corridor.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • I cannot legally release the lance corporal's body to anyone, except a licensed mortician.

    Last Flag Flying (2017)

  • The mortician ushers me to a room where Peggy's mother is picking out a coffin and leaves.

    Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

undertaker
vsmortician
31 5.5

A person who arranges funerals

includes preparing the deceased as part of the job
funeral director
vsmortician
11 3.9

A person who arranges ceremonies and prepares the body after someone dies

is the same role but described with focus on preparing the deceased
funeral undertaker
vsmortician
5.6

A person who organizes ceremonies and practical details after someone dies

includes preparing the deceased as part of the job

How Specialized

embalmer
  • Specialized
5 8.9
mortician
28 7.9
undertaker
31 5.5
gravedigger
11 4.2

Surface Forms

mortician singular
morticians plural

Morphology

mortician = mort + ician

The element 'mort' (death) plus the agentive suffix '-ician' yields 'a person connected with death'; learners who know 'mortal' or 'mortuary' can infer a relation to death but not necessarily the specific role of arranging funerals.

Etymology

The word mortician comes from the part mort, meaning 'death', and the ending -ician, as in musician, which shows a person who does a job. So a mortician is someone who cares for the dead and arranges funerals.