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bear⋅er

  [bair-er]
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–noun
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.
7. Printing.
a. furniture (def. 4).
b. 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.
9. Furniture. bearing rail.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME berere. See bear 1 , -er 1

bearing rail

 
–noun Furniture.
a transverse rail carrying a drawer or drawers.
Also called bearer.

fur⋅ni⋅ture

  [fur-ni-cher]
–noun
1. the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like.
2. fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something.
3. equipment for streets and other public areas, as lighting standards, signs, benches, or litter bins.
4. Also called bearer, dead metal. Printing. pieces of wood or metal, less than type high, set in and about pages of type to fill them out and hold the type in place in a chase.
Origin:
1520–30; < F fourniture, deriv. of fournir to furnish

Related forms:
fur⋅ni⋅ture⋅less, adjective
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bear·er   (bâr'ər)   
n.  
  1. One that carries or supports, as:
    1. A porter.
    2. A pallbearer.
  2. One that holds a check or other redeemable note for payment.
  3. A fruit- or flower-bearing plant.
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Bearer

Bear"er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. "Bearers of burdens." --2 Chron. ii. 18. "The bearer of unhappy news." --Dryden.

2. Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer. --Milton.

3. A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant. [India]

4. A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.

5. (Com.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer.

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : bearer
Spanish: portador,
German: der Träger,
Japanese: 持参人
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Main Entry: bear·er
Pronunciation: 'bar-&r
Function: noun
: a person holding a check, draft, or other negotiable instrument for payment esp. marked payable to bearer or having a blank endorsement

Main Entry: bearer
Function: adjective
: freely transferable by the holder with or without endorsement and with full title passing by delivery to the transferee: as a : not having a registered owner b : not designating a specific payee bearer instrument> <bearer checks> —compare ORDER
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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