streeker means one who lays out a dead body; a professional attendant of the dead. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “streeker” is a great word
STREEKER — [Noun] One who lays out a dead body; a professional attendant of the dead. From the verb 'streek' (a northern Middle English variant of 'strecchen', meaning to stretch or lay out) + the agent-noun suffix '-er'. Unlike an “undertaker,” who manages the entire ceremony, or a “mortician,” who implies clinical preservation, the streeker was defined by a singular, tactile craft: the careful straightening of limbs on a cooling board, the smoothing of a linen shroud over stilled shoulders, and the precise placement of pennies upon eyelids. It was a humble, final ministry of posture, performed where a person becomes merely a body.
Etymology
From streek + -er.
noun
- One who lays out a dead body; a professional attendant of the dead