undertaker

[Eng. under tak(e); -er.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. One who undertakes or engages to perform any office, duty, or busine ; one who engages in any project or busine . "And yet the undertakers , nay performers, Of such a brave and glorious enter prize." Beaum. & Flet.: Double Marriage, v. 2. One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another; a contractor. "Should they build as fast as write, 'Twould ruin undertakers quite.'" Swift: Miscellanies . valuing them."- Knox: Winter Evening, Even. 45.