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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.

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 bear¹, -er¹

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n.

One that carries or supports, as:
1. A porter.
2. A pallbearer.
One that holds a check or other redeemable note for payment.
A fruit- or flower-bearing plant.

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bearer
noun
1.	someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier" [syn: carrier]
2.	a messenger who bears or presents; "a bearer of good tidings"
3.	one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral [syn: pallbearer]
4.	the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it; "the bond was marked 'payable to bearer'" [syn: holder]

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ˈbearer noun

a person or thing that bears
Example: the bearer of bad news

Arabic:	حامِل، حمّال
Chinese (Simplified):	负荷者；带信人
Chinese (Traditional):	負荷者；帶信人
Czech:	posel, nosič, nosník
Danish:	bærer; overbringer
Dutch:	drager
Estonian:	tooja
Finnish:	tuoja
French:	porteur, *-euse
German:	der Träger
Greek:	φορέας, κομιστής
Hungarian:	átadó
Icelandic:	boðberi, beri; burðarmaður
Indonesian:	pembawa
Italian:	portatore

Japanese:	持参人
Korean:	나르는 사람
Latvian:	nesējs
Lithuanian:	nešėjas, pateikėjas
Norwegian:	bærer, budbringer, overbringer
Polish:	zwiastun
Portuguese (Brazil):	portador
Portuguese (Portugal):	portador
Romanian:	purtător, aducător
Russian:	носитель
Slovak:	posol, nosič; nosník
Slovenian:	prinašalec
Spanish:	portador
Swedish:	bärare
Turkish:	taşıyan, hâmil

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

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