Word Direct Answers

What does "bearer" mean?

Bearer: "The bearer of unhappy news." Dryden.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer. Milton.
  2. 3.A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant. [India]
  3. 4.A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.
  4. 5.(Com.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer.
  5. 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.

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