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Webster 1913 Edition
Bearer
Bear′er
(bâr′ẽr)
, Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bearer
BEARER
,Noun.
1.
One who wears any thing, as a badge or sword.2.
A tree or plant that yields its fruit; as a good bearer.3.
In architecture, a post or brick wall between the ends of a piece of timber, to support it. In general, any thing that supports another thing.4.
In heraldry, a figure in an achievement, placed by the side of a shield, and seeming to support it; generally the figure of a beast. The figure of a human creature for a like purpose is called a tenant.Definition 2025
bearer
bearer
English
Noun
bearer (plural bearers)
- One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
- Bible, 2 Chron. ii. 18
- Bearers of burdens.
- Dryden
- The bearer of unhappy news.
- Bible, 2 Chron. ii. 18
- Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession; pallbearer.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
- One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment.
- I promise to pay the bearer on demand.
- (India, dated) A domestic servant or palanquin carrier.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Watches of the Night’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 60:
- The bar of the watch-guard worked through the buttonhole, and the watch—Platte's watch—slid quietly on to the carpet; where the bearer found it next morning and kept it.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Watches of the Night’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 60:
- A tree or plant yielding fruit.
- a good bearer
- (printing) A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page.
- (printing) A type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.
Derived terms
Translations
one who bears
someone who helps carry the coffin
possessor of a cheque, bond, etc.