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funeralist

funeralist noun: a funeral director; one who arranges a funeral, often after preparing a body for it.

Noun

funeralist (plural funeralists)

  1. (rare) 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.1880, Thomas M. Finney, The life and labors of Enoch Mather Marvin, late bishop, page 807
    • Preparations went on apace, and the great day dawned, clear and sunshiny as the most enthusiastic funeralist could desire.1909, Triangulating Peace: Democracy, Interdependence, and International Organizations, volume 10 (edited by Bruce M. Russett, John R. Oneal)

Forms of funeralist

pluralfuneralists

Origin of funeralist

From funeral + -ist.

Questions about funeralist

What does funeralist mean?
Funeralist means a funeral director; one who arranges a funeral, often after preparing a body for it.
What part of speech is funeralist?
Funeralist is a noun.
What is the plural of funeralist?
The plural of funeralist is funeralists.

Words near funeralist in the dictionary

  1. funeral store
  2. funeral-goer
  3. funeral-goers
  4. funeralgoer
  5. funeralgoers
  6. funeralist
  7. funeralists
  8. funeralize
  9. funeralized
  10. funeralizes
  11. funeralizing

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