bearer

Meaning

Noun

• 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.

Origin

• From Middle English berer, berere, from Old English berere (attested in Old English wæterberere), equivalent to bear + -er.