bearer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone whose employment involves carrying something
    toter; carrier.
    • the bonds were transmitted by carrier
  2. noun a messenger who bears or presents
    • a bearer of good tidings
  3. noun one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
    pallbearer.
  4. noun 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
    holder.
    • the bond was marked `payable to bearer'

WordNet

Bear"er noun
Definitions
  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 1913