undertaker

  • 1undertaker — c.1400, a contractor or projector of any sort, agent noun from UNDERTAKE (Cf. undertake) (v.). The specialized sense (1690s) emerged from funeral undertaker …

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  • 2Undertaker — Un der*tak er, n. 1. One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 2. One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another; a contractor. [1913 Webster] To sign deputations for undertakes to …

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  • 3undertaker — [n] funeral director embalmer, grave digger, mortician; concept 304 …

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  • 4undertaker — ► NOUN ▪ a person whose business is preparing dead bodies for burial or cremation and making arrangements for funerals …

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  • 5undertaker — [un΄dər tā′kər; ] for 2 [ un′dər tā΄kər] n. 1. a person who undertakes something 2. FUNERAL DIRECTOR: a somewhat old fashioned usage …

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  • 6Undertaker — Mark Calaway Pour les articles homonymes, voir The Undertaker. Mark William Calaway …

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  • 7Undertaker — Mark William Calaway Daten Ringname(n) The Undertaker Mean Mark Callous Texas Red The Punisher M …

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  • 8undertaker's — funeral home fu ner*al home , n. An establishment, usually commercial, where the bodies of dead persons are prepared for viewing before burial or cremation; called also {funeral parlor}, {mortuary}, {funeral chapel} and informally, {undertaker s} …

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  • 9undertaker — UK [ˈʌndə(r)ˌteɪkə(r)] / US [ˈʌndərˌteɪkər] noun [countable] Word forms undertaker : singular undertaker plural undertakers someone whose job is to make arrangements for funerals …

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  • 10undertaker — noun /ʌndəˈteɪkə/ a) A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations In 1588 becomes an undertaker in the first Elizabethan plantation, receiving the forfeited Irish estate of Kilcolman Castle. b) a person …

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