bearer

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈbɛəɹə/ / /ˈbɛɹɚ/ / /ˈbeɹɚ/

name

Etymology: Possibly an occupational surname for a carrier or porter, from Middle English berere, but no evidence has been found that this surname became hereditary. Alternatively, it could be a variant of other surnames, such as Berrier, Berrow, or Berard.

A surname originating as an occupation.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English berer, berere, from Old English berere (attested in Old English wæterberere (“waterbearer”)), equivalent to bear + -er.

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
“And he [Solomon] set threescore and ten thousand of them [the foreigners living in Israel] to be bearers of burdens,”
“Forgive the Bearer of unhappy news: Your alter’d Father openly pursues Your ruine;”
Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession.
“Nay, quoth he, on his swooning bed outstretch’d, If I may not carry, sure Ile ne’re be fetch’d, But vow though the cross Doctors all stood hearers, For one Carrier put down to make six bearers.”
“[…] the bare coffin having been screwed down, was hoisted on the shoulders of the bearers, and carried into the street.”
One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment.
“I promise to pay the bearer on demand.”
A person employed or engaged to carry equipment on a safari, expedition, etc.
A person employed to carry a palanquin or litter.
“Within an hour of our finally deciding to start five litters were brought up to the door of the cave, each accompanied by four regular bearers and two spare hands, also a band of about fifty armed Amahagger, who were to form the escort and carry the baggage.”
A domestic servant in charge of household goods and clothing; a valet.
“The bar of the watch-guard worked through the buttonhole, and the watch—Platte's watch—slid quietly on to the carpet; where the bearer found it next morning and kept it.”
A waiter in a hotel or restaurant.
A tree or plant yielding fruit.
“a good bearer”
“In the common mode of pruning, this species of vine is no great bearer; but managed as it is here, it produces wonderfully.”
Someone who delivers a letter or message on behalf of another (especially as referred to in the letter or message).
“[…] Wilt thou know Th’ effect of what I wrote? […] An earnest conjuration from the King, As England was his faithful tributary, […] That, on the view and knowing of these contents, Without debatement further, more or less, He should the bearers put to sudden death,”
“P. S. If you’d send your pipes by the Bearer[…], I would put them in order, and play some Melancholy tunes, […]”
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.