"mortician" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /mɔː(ɹ)ˈtɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mortician.wav [Southern-England] Forms: morticians [plural]
Etymology: From Latin mort- (“death”) + -ician. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*mer- (die)}}, {{uder|en|la|mors|mort-|death}} Latin mort- (“death”), {{suffix|en||ician}} + -ician Head templates: {{en-noun}} mortician (plural morticians)
  1. (US) An undertaker or funeral director; especially, one who is also the embalmer or cremator. Tags: US Categories (topical): Funeral, Occupations, People Related terms: mortuary

Inflected forms

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