'Undertaker' definitions:

Definition of 'undertaker'

noun

One whose business is the management of funerals [syn: mortician, undertaker, funeral undertaker, funeral director]

From: GCIDE

Undertaker \Un`der*tak"er\, n.
1. One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
2. One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another; a contractor. [1913 Webster]
To sign deputations for undertakes to furnish their proportions of saltpeter. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster]
In come some other undertakes, and promise us the same or greater wonders. --South. [1913 Webster]
3. Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals. [1913 Webster]