bearer

Meanings

Plural: bearers

Noun

• someone whose employment involves carrying something
• a messenger who bears or presents
  • "a bearer of good tidings"
• one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
• the 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
  • "the bond was marked `payable to bearer'"
• One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
• Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession.
• One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment.
• A person employed or engaged to carry equipment on a safari, expedition, etc.
• A person employed to carry a palanquin or litter.
• A domestic servant in charge of household goods and clothing; a valet.
• A waiter in a hotel or restaurant.
• A tree or plant yielding fruit.
• Someone who delivers a letter or message on behalf of another (especially as referred to in the letter or message).
• A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page.
• A type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.

Synonyms

-phore, carrier, dressing-boy, holder, pallbearer, toter