bearer: Meaning and Definition of
bear•er
Pronunciation: (bâr'ur), [key]
— n.
- a person or thing that carries, upholds, or brings: dozens of bearers on the safari.
- the person who presents an order for money or goods: Pay to the bearer.
- a tree or plant that yields fruit or flowers.
- the holder of rank or office; incumbent.
- pallbearer.
- (esp. in India) a native boy or man employed as a personal or household servant.
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- furniture (def. 4).
- one of several strips of metal fitted at the sides of a plate for support during inking and proving.
- a joistlike member supporting the floorboards of a scaffold.
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