bearer
Meanings
noun
- One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
- Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession.
- One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment.
- A person employed or engaged to carry equipment on a safari, expedition, etc.
- A person employed to carry a palanquin or litter.
- A domestic servant in charge of household goods and clothing; a valet.
- A waiter in a hotel or restaurant.
- A tree or plant yielding fruit.
- Someone who delivers a letter or message on behalf of another (especially as referred to in the letter or message).
- A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page.
- A type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.
name
- A surname originating as an occupation.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English berer, berere, from Old English berere (attested in Old English wæterberere (“waterbearer”)), equivalent to bear + -er.
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