2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bearer \Bear"er\, n.
1. One who or that which bears, sustains, or carries.
``Bearers of burdens.'' --2 Chron. ii 18. ``The bearer of
unhappy news.'' --Dryden.
2. Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the
grave; a pallbearer. --Milton.
3. A palanquin carrier; also a house servant. [India]
4. A tree or plant yielding fruit; as a good bearer.
5. (Com.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order
for the payment of money; as pay to bearer.
6. (Print.) A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off
the impression from a blank page; also a type or
type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to
support the plate when it is shaved.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
bearer
n 1: someone whose employment involves carrying something "the
bonds were transmitted by carrier" [syn: {carrier}, {toter}]
2: a messenger who bears or presents; "a bearer of good
tidings"
3: one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral [syn: {pallbearer}]
4: a person who presents a note or bond for payment; "marked
payable to bearer"
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