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What is the noun for undertaker?

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undertaking
  1. The business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals.
  2. A promise or pledge; a guarantee.
  3. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
  4. The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “Frankly, I don't think so, even if the undertaking should prove risky and difficult.”
      “To repair the noble structure and to re-lead the roof was a great undertaking.”
      “Her undertaking as a forensic expert informs and corroborates her photographic work and encompasses both social accountability and personal commitment.”
undertaker
  1. A funeral director; someone whose business is to manage funerals, burials and cremations
  2. (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.
  3. (rare) One who undertakes or commits to doing something.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “She covered his body with the chenille spread and went inside to phone the undertaker.”
      “The local undertaker carried the body into town for embalming, then returned it to the ranch where it was laid out in the living room.”
      “But the don is immediately shown as a gentle person sniffing a flower, remarking about the undertaker being mistaken about them being murders.”
undertakings
  1. plural of undertaking
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  3. Examples:
    1. “His wars and other undertakings exhausted the state's reserves and forced him to look for other sources of income.”
      “Mini-games such as Crush the Carrier are fresh, but prove nothing more than minor diversionary undertakings.”
      “Many of the undertakings given on the Plaintiffs' examinations for discovery are still outstanding.”
undertakers
  1. plural of undertaker
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The family have asked the funeral undertakers not to disclose any details of the arrangements leading up to the burial.”
      “They also thanked the choir, servers, undertakers, and everyone who attended the funeral.”
      “One of the criteria for the selection of undertakers and tenants was that they be conformable in religion.”
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