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mor·ti·cian

(môr-tĭsh′ən)
[Latin mors, mort-, death; see mortal + -ician.]
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mortician

(mɔːˈtɪʃən)
n
(Professions) chiefly US another word for undertaker
[C19: from mortuary + -ician, as in physician]
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fu′neral direc`tor


n.
a person, usu. a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.
[1885–90, Amer.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:mortician - one whose business is the management of funerals]mortician - one whose business is the management of funerals
embalmer - a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives
skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
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Translations
حَانُوتِيّ مُجَهِّز الجنازات
funebrákmajitel/zaměstanec pohřebního ústavuzřízenec pohřebního ústavu
bedemand
hautausurakoitsija
pogrebnik
útfararstjóri
葬儀屋
장의사
laidotuvių biuro savininkas
apbedīšanas biroja īpašnieks
zamestnanec pohrebnej služby
begravningsentreprenör
สัปเหร่อ
người làm dịch vụ mai táng

mortician

[mɔːˈtɪʃən] N (US) → director/a m/f de pompas fúnebres
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mortician

[mɔːrˈtɪʃən] n (US) → entrepreneur m de pompes funèbres
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

mortician

n (US) → Bestattungsunternehmer(in) m(f)
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mortician

[mɔːˈtɪʃən] n (Am) → impresario di pompe funebri
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

mortician

(moːrˈtiʃən) noun
(American) an undertaker. lykbesorger مُجَهِّز الجنازات погребален агент agente funerário majitel/zaměstanec pohřebního ústavu, funebrák der Leichenbestatter bedemand εργολάβος κηδειών director de pompas fúnebres matusekorraldaja متصدى کفن ودفن hautausurakoitsija entrepreneur/-eure de pompes funèbres קברן अन्त्येष्टि निर्वाहक mučitelj temetkezési vállalkozó pengurus mayat útfararstjóri (impresario di pombe funebri) 葬儀屋 장의사 laidotuvių biuro savininkas apbedīšanas biroja īpašnieks pengurus mayat begrafenisondernemer innehaver av begravelsesbyrå przedsiębiorca pogrzebowy د خښولو برابر كونكى cangalheiro an­tre­prenor de pompe funebre владелец похоронного бюро zamestnanec pohrebnej služby lastnik pogrebnega zavoda pogrebnik begravningsentreprenör สัปเหร่อ cenazeci (美)殯葬業者 власник похоронного бюро تجہیز و تکفین کا پیشہ ور منتظم người làm dịch vụ lễ tang 殡仪业者
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mortician

→ حَانُوتِيّ zřízenec pohřebního ústavu bedemand Leichenbestatter εργολάβος κηδειών director de pompas funebres , director de pompas fúnebres hautausurakoitsija entrepreneur des pompes funèbres pogrebnik impresario di pompe funebri 葬儀屋 장의사 begrafenisondernemer begravelsesbyrå przedsiębiorca pogrzebowy agente funerário гробовщик begravningsentreprenör สัปเหร่อ cenaze levazımatçısı người làm dịch vụ mai táng 丧事承办人
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