Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who embalms bodies for preservation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who embalms.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
embalms a corpse; a practicioner of mortuary science.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mortician who treats corpses with preservatives
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Examples
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A conundrum so huge that he barely noticed the Pope was dead, and I reckon it never occurred to him that the old fella might have been murdered, which is why he called the embalmer instead of the police.
Irish Blogs 2009
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He meets the girl who put the group together - Ao Sasaki - and when he gets to the forest, he meets the others - Makoto Numata, a dowser who finds dead people instead of water; Keiko Makino, an embalmer, which is rare in Japan because cremation is the principal way of disposing of the dead; and Yuji Yata, who speaks to aliens through his hand puppet.
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Can't Post | how to say the word embalmer (the one who arrange the body after someone is dead)?
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In the first place, the embalmer was a medical practitioner, and legally pursued his craft.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852 Various 1841
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The most interesting part of your post Bock was that Magee called the embalmer and not the police when JPI died.
Irish Blogs 2009
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Actually - she puts "embalmer" as "E" on the list - I don't think the majority of students are going to want a summer job learning how to do that.
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The reproach of his opponents of the romantic school that he was an "embalmer" has a foundation of truth.
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Against her: Brad, and viewers alike, may be freaked-out by her profession as a funeral home director and embalmer.
The Bachelor Final Four: Who Will Advance to the Fantasy Dates? 2011
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Kristen Chenoweth could totally play Makino, the embalmer.
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Kristen Chenoweth could totally play Makino, the embalmer.
Upcoming 2/24/2010 2010
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