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funeralist

noun

Etymology

From funeral + -ist.

  1. derived from *dʰew-✻
  2. derived from fūnus
  3. derived from fūnerālis
  4. derived from fūnerālia
  5. borrowed from funerailles
  6. suffixed as funeralist — “funeral + ist”

Definitions

  1. A funeral director

    A funeral director; one who arranges a funeral, often after preparing a body for it.

    • I am not here to fulfil the office of his funeralist, his biographer, or his eulogist. These duties either have been or will be discharged by others. I am here only as the interpreter of his monument.
    • Preparations went on apace, and the great day dawned, clear and sunshiny as the most enthusiastic funeralist could desire.
    • Cosmetic art is often applied by professional funeralists to reduce signs of the illness or trauma associated with the death.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA