undertaker en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From undertake (verb) + -er.
Meanings
- A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations.
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(historical) A person receiving land in Ireland during the Elizabethan era, so named because they gave an undertaking to abide by several conditions regarding marriage, to be loyal to the crown, and to use English as their spoken language.
In 1588, Edmund Spenser became an undertaker in the first Elizabethan plantation, receiving the forfeited Irish estate of Kilcolman Castle.
- (historical) A contractor for the royal revenue in England, one of those who undertook to manage the House of Commons for the king in the Addled Parliament of 1614.
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(rare) One who undertakes or commits to doing something.
A company shall not be appointed to be a water undertaker unless it is a limited company or a statutory water company and shall not be appointed to be a sewerage undertaker unless it is a limited company.
1991, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Part II, Chapter I, section 6(5)”, in Water Industry Act 1991, page 8:The undertaker of the enterprise is usually known today by the French term entrepreneur because we have surrendered the English word to the undertakers of funerals.
2001, Technology, Humans, and Society: Toward a Sustainable World:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| undertakers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
undertakerish · undertakerlike · undertakerly · undertakery · undertaker's
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Translations (71)
la libitīnārius (funeral director) · yok-ply tonocim (funeral director) · kmr gorrker (funeral director) · nrf entrépranneux (funeral director) · ar حَانُوتِيّ (funeral director) · pl właścicielka zakładu pogrzebowego (funeral director) · pt cangalheiro (funeral director) · gl director de funeraria (funeral director) · ru дире́ктор похоро́нного бюро́ (funeral director) · ang byrgere (funeral director) · is útfararstjóri (funeral director) · pl przedsiębiorczyni (one who undertakes or commits to doing something) · pl właściciel zakładu pogrzebowego (funeral director) · de Leichenbestatter (funeral director) · cmn 承辦殯葬者 /承办殡葬者 (funeral director) · ru гробовщи́к (funeral director) · de Beerdigungsunternehmerin (funeral director) · nb begravelsesagent (funeral director) · grc ἐνταφιαστής (funeral director) · mi kaiwhakarite uhunga (funeral director) · pl przedsiębiorca (one who undertakes or commits to doing something) · de Beerdigungsunternehmer (funeral director) · es director de funeraria (funeral director) · fi hautausurakoitsija (funeral director) · bn মুর্দা ফরাশ (funeral director) · ga adhlacóir (funeral director) · th สัปเหร่อ (funeral director) · ca director de pompes fúnebres (funeral director) · sv begravningsentreprenör (funeral director) · nl begrafenisondernemer (funeral director) · la pollīnctor /pollictor (funeral director) · vo funisepülan (funeral director) · de Bestatter (funeral director) · la vespillō (funeral director) · fr thanatologue (funeral director) · hu temetkezési vállakozó (funeral director) · mk претприемач (one who undertakes or commits to doing something) · de Bestatterin (funeral director) · de Leichenbestatterin (funeral director) · mk погребник (funeral director) · kmr binaxker (funeral director) · ko 장의사 (funeral director) · vo funihisepülan (funeral director) · ro cioclu (funeral director) · fr entrepreneur (one who undertakes or commits to doing something) · yok-svy tonochim (funeral director) · cy trefnwr angladdau (funeral director) · ca directora de pompes fúnebres (funeral director) · la redemptor (one who undertakes or commits to doing something) · io funeristo (funeral director) · kmr definker (funeral director) · bg предприемач (one who undertakes or commits to doing something) · yok-kry tonoo'tcim (Kocheyali) (funeral director) · ro antreprenor de pompe funebre (funeral director) · da bedemand (funeral director) · cs funebrák (expr.) (funeral director) · cy ymgymerwr angladdau (funeral director) · fr directrice de funérailles (funeral director) · it impresario di pompe funebri (funeral director) · vo funijisepülan (funeral director) · bg погребален агент (funeral director) · io sepultisto (funeral director) · af begrafnisondernemer (funeral director) · fr croque-mort (funeral director) · cs pohřebník (funeral director) · el εργολάβος κηδειών (funeral director) · ang byrgend (funeral director) · grc ἐγχειρητής (one who undertakes or commits to doing something) · fr directeur de funérailles (funeral director) · pt agente funerário (funeral director) · ja 葬儀屋 (funeral director)