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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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