Undertaker UNDERTA'KER, n. 1. One who undertakes; one who engages
in any project or business. 2. One who stipulates or covenants to
perform any work for another. 3. One who manages funerals.
undertaker n. 1 a person whose business is to make arrangements for funerals. 2 also a person who undertakes to do something. 3 hist. an influential person in 17th-century England who
undertook to procure particular legislation, esp. to obtain supplies from the House of Commons if the king would grant some concession.
undertaker
n. 1 a person whose business is to make arrangements for funerals. 2 also
a person who undertakes to do something. 3 hist. an influential person
in 17th-century England who undertook to procure particular legislation,
esp. to obtain supplies from the House of Commons if the king would grant
some concession.
Undertaker \Un`der*tak"er\, n.
1. One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or
business. --Beau. & Fl.
2. One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for
another; a contractor.
To sign deputations for undertakes to furnish their
proportions of saltpeter. --Evelyn.
In come some other undertakes, and promise us the
same or greater wonders. --South.
3. Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of
funerals.
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