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There are so many cruel decisions parents have to make when their child dies. The funeral director requested a sheet for the coffin, and I sent the cozy flannel one, pale blue with happy snowmen, that had just been put away with the winter linens.
Ann Hood

Meaning of "funeral director" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR

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Funeral director is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FUNERAL DIRECTOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

funeral director

Funeral director

A funeral director, also known as a mortician or undertaker, is a professional involved in the business of funeral rites. These tasks often entail the embalming and burial or cremation of the dead, as well as the planning and arrangement of the actual funeral ceremony. Funeral directors may at times be asked to perform tasks such as dressing, casketing, and cossetting.

Definition of funeral director in the English dictionary

The definition of funeral director in the dictionary is an undertaker.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUNERAL DIRECTOR

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Funen
funeral
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funeral march
funeral oration
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funeral procession
funeral pyre
funeral service
funerary
funereal
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WORDS THAT END LIKE FUNERAL DIRECTOR

actor
collector
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inspector
lector
managing director
private sector
projector
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Synonyms and antonyms of funeral director in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «funeral director» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR

Find out the translation of funeral director to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of funeral director from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «funeral director» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

殡仪馆馆长
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

director de la funeraria
570 millions of speakers

English

funeral director
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अंतिम संस्कार के निदेशक
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

مدير الجنازة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

директором похоронного бюро
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

diretor funeral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অন্ত্যেষ্টিক্রিয়া পরিচালক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

directeur de funérailles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengarah pengebumian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bestatter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

葬儀ディレクター
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

장의사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Direktur penguburan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giám đốc tang lễ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறுதி இயக்குனர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दफन संचालक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Cenaze yöneticisi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pompe funebri
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pogrzebowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

директором похоронного бюро
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

director de înmormântare
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

κηδειών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

begrafnis direkteur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

begravningsentreprenör
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

begravelse direktør
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of funeral director

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNERAL DIRECTOR»

The term «funeral director» is regularly used and occupies the 65.258 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNERAL DIRECTOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about funeral director

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2 QUOTES WITH «FUNERAL DIRECTOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word funeral director.
1
Torrey DeVitto
I've always said I would want to be a funeral director if I wasn't an actor.
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Ann Hood
There are so many cruel decisions parents have to make when their child dies. The funeral director requested a sheet for the coffin, and I sent the cozy flannel one, pale blue with happy snowmen, that had just been put away with the winter linens.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUNERAL DIRECTOR»

Discover the use of funeral director in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to funeral director and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Does This Mean You'll See Me Naked?: A Funeral Director ...
A funeral director reflects on 30 years of serving the living and the deceased while providing us with a behind-the-scenes story told with both empathy and humor.
Robert Webster, 2007
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Does This Mean You'll See Me Naked?: Field Notes from a ...
He answers those embarrassing questions foremost in our minds and provides readers with behind-the scenes stories of what really goes on after you're dead with both empathy and humor that satisfies readers curious about the oddities of ...
Robert D. Webster, 2011
3
The Funeral Director's Son
This family business is for life.
Coleen Murtagh Paratore, 2008
4
Funeral Planning - Insights from a Funeral Director
Traditional visitation and funeral will require a casket and vault/ grave liner. These are generally displayed at the funeral home for your consideration. Although the funeral director may appear at your side, you may ask to have time alone with ...
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How to Land a Top-Paying Funeral Director Job: Your Complete ...
This book covers everything. Whether you are trying to get your first Funeral Director Job or move up in the system, get this book.
Brad Andrews, 2009
6
The Chronologically Challenged Funeral Director
Mix in the erotic dance of the tango, a comic journey that can only lead to an uncertain doom, and you have, The chronologically challenged funeral director.
Molly Cutpurse, 2010
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Report of the Select Committee Appointed 29th February, ...
There is no profession from the members of which greater purity of character and a higher standard of moral excellence are required than the funeral director; and to attain such eminence is a duty every funeral director owes to his profession ...
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee to Investigate Alleged Combinations in Manufactures, Trade and Insurance, 1888
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Journals of the House of Commons of Canada
A funeral director, on entering the profession, as he becomes thereby entitled to all its privileges and immunities, incurs an obligation to exert his best abilities to maintain its dignity and honor, to exalt its standing, to extend the bounds of its ...
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, 1888
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Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death
In practice, towns typically renew the license for any funeral director who fills out an application, whether they're “registered” with the state or not. • From the regulations for the Examining Board, some bizarre distinctions among which kind of ...
Joshua Slocum, Lisa Carlson, 2011
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Journals of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada
A funeral director, on entering the profession, as he becomes thereby entitled to all its privileges and immunities, incurs an obligation to exert his best abilities to maintain its dignity and honor, to exalt its standing, to extend the bounds of its ...
Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, 1888

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUNERAL DIRECTOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term funeral director is used in the context of the following news items.
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Yuba City funeral director honored
Deas has a crematory manager's license and California insurance license, as well as being a licensed embalmer and funeral director. «Appeal-Democrat, Jul 15»
2
Calls for regulation of funeral industry after shocking revelations
The following are all true: corridors, garages, sheds, in the person's house, the funeral director's kitchen, on stretchers, in coffins, an old door on ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
3
As cremations increase, so does facility demand
Brian Leffler, funeral director at Kniffen O'Malley Lehman, is currently battling public concern over a proposal to establish a crematory at 120 ... «Standard Speaker, Jul 15»
4
Funeral director passes milestone
This was very much the case, at first, for Ronald C.L. Smith, the former owner, current funeral director, and namesake of the Ronald C.L. Smith ... «PennLive.com, Jul 15»
5
Delco funeral director elected as president of the Pennsylvania …
Norm Shropshire, owner/operator of Minshall Shropshire-Bleyler Funeral Home in Middletown Township, has been elected as President of the ... «Delco News Network, Jul 15»
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Flintshire crematorium protesters demand answers from funeral
Protesters are demanding answers from a Flintshire funeral director who withdrew his appeal after his bid to build a crematorium failed. «Daily Post North Wales, Jul 15»
7
Remains rarely claimed after months at funeral home
Richard Diehl, a funeral director for Diehl-Whittaker Funeral Services, has a similar room with about 45 sets of remains. He has worked at ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
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Ex-funeral director indicted on additional charges
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — The former owner of a Massachusetts funeral home accused of improperly caring for dead bodies and ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
9
Grand jury indicts funeral director over bodies
A North Toledo funeral director whose license was suspended after 11 bodies in varying stages of neglect were removed from his funeral home ... «Norwalk Reflector, Jul 15»
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Funeral director faces larceny charges
CORUNNA — An Owosso funeral home director has been charged with allegedly stealing from an elderly woman's estate after her death. «Argus Press, Jul 15»

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