Bearer
One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer.
A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant.
A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.
One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer.
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 Quotations
No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.
Sophocles
I love and reverence the Word, the bearer of the spirit, the tool and gleaming ploughshare of progress.
Thomas Mann
A dream is the bearer of a new possibility, the enlarged horizon, the great hope.
Howard Thurman
Bearer Translations
bearer in Spanish is portador
bearer in Swedish is innehavare
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