"embalmer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: embalmer [singular], embalmers [plural]
Etymology: embalm + -er Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|embalm|er}} embalm + -er Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An embalmer is a person embalms a corpse to prevent it from decomposing.
    Sense id: simple-embalmer-en-noun-QRDBw~fQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -er
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