Definitions for undertakerˈʌn dərˌteɪ kər for 1 ; ˌʌn dərˈteɪ kər for 2
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
un•der•tak•erˈʌn dərˌteɪ kər for 1 ; ˌʌn dərˈteɪ kər for 2(n.)
Category: Common Vocabulary
Ref: funeral director.
a person who undertakes something.
Origin of undertaker:
1350–1400
Princeton's WordNet
mortician, undertaker, funeral undertaker, funeral director(noun)
one whose business is the management of funerals
Wiktionary
undertaker(Noun)
A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations
undertaker(Noun)
a person receiving land in Ireland during the Elizabethan era, so named because they gave an undertaking to abide by several conditions regarding loyalty to the crown, marriage, and using English as their spoken language.
In 1588 Edmund Spenser becomes an 'undertaker' in the first Elizabethan plantation, receiving the forfeited Irish estate of Kilcolman Castle.
Webster Dictionary
Undertaker(noun)
one who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business
Undertaker(noun)
one who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another; a contractor
Undertaker(noun)
specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals
Freebase
Undertaker
The Undertaker comics were a short series of comic book adaptations of the character, The Undertaker. It was produced by the now defunct Chaos! Comics and was written by Beau Smith, with art by Manny Clark. It focused mostly on his background and also featured such characters as Paul Bearer, Mankind and the Undertaker's brother Kane.
Translations for undertaker
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
undertaker(noun)
a person who organizes funerals.
- begrafnisondernemerAfrikaans

- حانوتي يُجَهِّز المَوْتى للدَّفنArabic

- гробарBulgarian

- agente funerárioPortuguese (BR)

- pracovník pohřebního ústavuCzech

- der/die Bestattungsunternehmer(in)German

- bedemandDanish

- εργολάβος κηδειώνGreek

- empresario de pompas fúnebresSpanish

- matusebüroo ametnik, surnumatjaEstonian

- مامور کفن و دفنFarsi

- hautausurakoitsijaFinnish

- entrepreneur/-eure de pompes funèbresFrench

- מֵכִין הַלווָיָהHebrew

- कफन-दफन और अंतिम क्रिया का इंतजाम करने वालाHindi

- pogrebnikCroatian

- temetkezési vállalkozóHungarian

- pengurus pemakamanIndonesian

- útfararstjóriIcelandic

- (impresario di pompe funebri)Italian

- 葬儀屋Japanese

- 장의사Korean

- laidojimo biuro agentasLithuanian

- apbedītājs; apbedīšanas biroja darbinieksLatvian

- pengurus mayatMalay

- begrafenisondernemerDutch

- innehaver av et begravelsesbyråNorwegian

- przedsiębiorca pogrzebowyPolish

- مامور کفن و دفنPersian

- دمړي لمبوونكى خښوونكىPashto

- agente funerárioPortuguese

- antreprenor de pompe funebreRomanian

- организатор похоронRussian

- pracovník pohrebného ústavuSlovak

- pogrebnikSlovenian

- pogrebnikSerbian

- begravningsentreprenörSwedish

- สัปเหร่อThai

- cenaze kaldırıcısıTurkish

- 殯葬員Chinese (Trad.)

- власник похоронного бюроUkrainian

- تابوت کرنے والاUrdu

- người chuyên tổ chức tang lễVietnamese

- 殡仪业人员Chinese (Simp.)

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