bearer: Meaning and Definition of

bear•er

1. a person or thing that carries, upholds, or brings: dozens of bearers on the safari.
2. the person who presents an order for money or goods: Pay to the bearer.
3. a tree or plant that yields fruit or flowers.
4. the holder of rank or office; incumbent.
5. pallbearer.
6. (esp. in India) a native boy or man employed as a personal or household servant.
1. furniture (def. 4).
2. one of several strips of metal fitted at the sides of a plate for support during inking and proving.
8. a joistlike member supporting the floorboards of a scaffold.
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