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noun

Bearer n.

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. "Bearers of burdens." "The bearer of unhappy news."

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

A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant. (India)

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

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

(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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"Bearer" Quotes from Famous Books

... are bearers of treasures committed to them,—for they carry their God, their Christ, their shrine, their sacred things, in their heart [302:1]. The image was not new. It is found in Stoic writers. It underlies the surname Theophorus, the 'God-bearer,' which Ignatius himself adopted. But he had in his company several Ephesian delegates when he wrote; and the newly-discovered inscriptions inform us that the practice which supplies the metaphor had received a fresh impulse at Ephesus shortly before this letter was ...

— Essays on "Supernatural Religion" • Joseph B. Lightfoot

... by a small band of Sioux, set out as the bearer of this message to the fort. The Indians remained outside while he made his way to the gates. He was welcomed warmly by Mr Ramsay. He was thankful to find that the train with the provisions had arrived, and that several of ...

— The Trapper's Son • W.H.G. Kingston

... the revolutionary party learned that their prisoner had committed suicide they were greatly disturbed. None of them dared to carry the news to General Ma, lest, in accordance with an old Oriental custom, he should punish the bearer of ill tidings. In their perplexity they went to Dr. Stone and asked her to take the news to the general. Accordingly the little doctor, accompanied only by one of her nurses, went to the general's headquarters to break the news to him. It is significant, not only ...

— Notable Women Of Modern China • Margaret E. Burton

... has endured the toil, fought the battles, and paid the taxes. Here we find the introduction of machinery, which in the long run will make the world more prosperous, happier, and advance it in civilization, yet the poor laborer must be the burden-bearer. ...

— History of Human Society • Frank W. Blackmar

... unto thee, O sultan of the genii, that the bearer of this is in distress, from which thou must relieve him by destroying his enemy. Shouldst thou not assist him, beware ...

— The Arabian Nights Entertainments Complete • Anonymous

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