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nounsomeone whose employment involves carrying something
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nounone of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
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"the bond was marked `payable to bearer'"nounthe person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it
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"a bearer of good tidings"nouna messenger who bears or presents
Definition that contains bearer
- card a card certifying the identity of the bearer
- carry pursue a line of scent or be a bearer
- id a card or badge used to identify the bearer
- visa an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it
- litter conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers
- palanquin a closed litter carried on the shoulders of four bearers
- esquire (Middle Ages) an attendant and shield bearer to a knight; a candidate for knighthood
- ganymede (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods
- hebe (Greek mythology) the goddess of youth and spring; wife of Hercules; daughter of Zeus and Hera; cupbearer to the Olympian gods
- ration card a card certifying the bearer's right to purchase rationed goods