WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
fu′neral direc′tor, 
    1. a person, usually a licensed embalmer, who supervises or conducts the preparation of the dead for burial and directs or arranges funerals.
    2. a person who owns or operates a funeral home. Also called mortician, undertaker. 
    • 1885–90, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
funeral director n
  1. an undertaker
'funeral director' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
undertaker - mortician - undertaking

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