Definition of Embalmer

1. Noun. A mortician who treats corpses with preservatives.

Generic synonyms: Funeral Director, Funeral Undertaker, Mortician, Undertaker
Derivative terms: Embalm

Definition of Embalmer

1. n. One who embalms.

Definition of Embalmer

1. Noun. One who embalms a corpse; a practicioner of mortuary science. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Embalmer

1. one that embalms [n -S] - See also: embalms

Lexicographical Neighbors of Embalmer

embacing
embail
embailed
embailing
embails
embale
embaled
embales
embaling
emball
emballed
emballing
embalm
embalmed
embalmer (current term)
embalmers
embalming
embalming room
embalmings
embalmment
embalmments
embalms
embank
embanked
embanker
embankers
embanking
embankment
embankments

Literary usage of Embalmer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... where his father and other relations lye interred ; and accordingly an embalmer is gone to Lancaster to take up his body, and carry it to Salisbury. ..."

2. Supplement ... to the Public Health Reports by United States Public Health Service (1921)
"Any person embalming or attempting to embalm, or faring or attempting to care for a dead human body, either as an embalmer. assistant embalmer. undertaker ..."

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