"croque-mort" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /kʁɔk.mɔʁ/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-croque-mort.wav Forms: croque-morts [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain, possibly from dated verb croquer (“to make disappear”) or from croc (“hook”). Etymology templates: {{unc|fr}} Uncertain Head templates: {{fr-noun|mfbysense}} croque-mort m or f by sense (plural croque-morts)
  1. (informal) undertaker; mortician Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, informal, masculine Categories (topical): Death, Funeral, Occupations Synonyms: croquemort (english: post-1990 spelling) Related terms: fossoyeur

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