mortician(n.)
1895年,美国英语,由 mortuary 和 -ician 组成,如 physician。
An undertaker will no longer be known as an "undertaker and embalmer." In the future he will be known as the "mortician." This was decided on at the second day's meeting of the Funeral Directors' Association of Kentucky, which was held in Louisville. [The Medical Herald, July 1895]
未来,殡仪馆老板将不再被称为“殡葬师和防腐师”。他们将被称为“mortician”。这是在肯塔基州殡仪馆协会第二天的会议上决定的,该会议在路易斯维尔举行。[《医学先驱报》,1895年7月]
该词起源时间:1895年