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mortician

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Occupations, Death
mor·ti·cian /mɔːˈtɪʃən $ mɔːr-/ noun [countable] American English  BOMXsomeone whose job is to arrange funerals and prepare bodies to be buried 承办丧葬者,殡葬业者 SYN British English undertaker
Examples from the Corpus
morticianLaw school professors, in my view, are the drones and morticians of the profession.Funeral directors are also called morticians or undertakers.The driver is a furniture mortician, escorting dead sofas to a grave in a landfill.We strive like obsequious morticians to provide consolation by enshrining a corpse.We say undertaker, they say mortician.
Origin mortician (1800-1900) Latin mors ( → MORTAL1) + English -ician
mor·ti·cian nounChineseSyllable
prepare job funerals to Corpus someone and whose is arrange


mortician
mortician /mɔːˈtɪʃən $ mɔːr-/ noun [countable] American English
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Latin
 Origin: mors ( mortal1) + English -ician
someone whose job is to arrange funerals and prepare bodies to be buried
   SYN  undertaker British English


mor·ti·cianBrE /mɔːˈtɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /mɔːrˈtɪʃn/ 🔊 noun (NAmE) = undertaker