Noun: bearer beh-ru(r)
- Someone whose employment involves carrying something
"the bonds were transmitted by bearer";
- carrier, toter
- A messenger who bears or presents
"a bearer of good tidings"
- The person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to them or to whoever holds it
"the bond was marked 'payable to bearer'";
- holder
- One of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
"The bearers solemnly carried the casket to the hearse";
- pallbearer
Derived forms: bearers
Type of: capitalist, courier, griever, lamenter, messenger, mourner, sorrower, traveler [US], traveller [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Bearer, Paul