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English Dictionary: bearer	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bearer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bearer n someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier" Synonym(s): carrier, bearer, toter a messenger who bears or presents; "a bearer of good tidings" one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral Synonym(s): pallbearer, bearer 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'" Synonym(s): holder, bearer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bearer \Bear"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. [bd]Bearers of burdens.[b8] --2 Chron. ii. 18. [bd]The bearer of unhappy news.[b8] --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.