mortician

[ mawr-tish-uh n ]

/ mɔrˈtɪʃ ən /

Origin of mortician

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95; mort(uary) + -ician

Horace had been playing poker with a mortician, who had put the car up as collateral.

Those Kansas City Blues: A Family History |Katie Baker |October 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Though Father Gary did spend a summer working with a mortician.

What's Real in The Rite |Seth Colter Walls |January 31, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
I remember one who was studying to become a mortician and he got several very expensive books on the subject.

The Biography of a Rabbit |Roy Benson
The really smart way nowadays of bidding good-bye to the world is to go to the establishment of a "mortician."

Turns about Town |Robert Cortes Holliday

Here I discovered that to the mind of the mortician towels belong to the Dark Ages.

Turns about Town |Robert Cortes Holliday
He had to go back and take the sleeping medicine to be ready for the arrival of the mortician in the morning.

No Strings Attached |Lester del Rey
Marry Miss Dutton, and you'll be a scarecrow within a year, and require the services of the mortician within two!

Bunch Grass |Horace Annesley Vachell

mortician

/ (mɔːˈtɪʃən) /

mainly US another word for undertaker

C19: from mortuary + -ician, as in physician