bearer : Idioms & Phrases

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aquarius the water bearer

  • noun the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18
    Aquarius the Water Bearer; Aquarius.
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armor-bearer

  • noun a squire carrying the armor of a knight
    armiger.
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Ar"mor-bear`er noun
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  1. One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger. Judg. ix. 54.
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bearer bond

  • noun a bond issued with detachable coupons that must be presented to the issuer for interest payments
    coupon bond.
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bearer of the sword

  • noun a small gang of terrorist thugs claiming to seek a separate Islamic state for the Muslim minority in the Philippines; uses bombing and assassination and extortion and kidnapping
    Abu Sayyaf.
    • In 2001 Abu Sayyaf kidnapped twenty people and beheaded one of the American captives
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bell bearer

Bell" bear`er
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  1. (Zoöl.) A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax.
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Bow bearer

  • (O. Eng. Law), an under officer of the forest who looked after trespassers.
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color bearer

  • noun the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle
    color bearer.
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cross-bearer

Cross"-bear`er noun
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  1. (R.C.Ch.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.
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Ensign bearer

  • one who carries a flag; an ensign.
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Frost bearer

  • (Physics), a philosophical instrument illustrating the freezing of water in a vacuum; a cryophous.
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litter-bearer

  • noun one who helps carry a stretcher
    litter-bearer.
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live-bearer

  • noun small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control
    poeciliid fish; topminnow; poeciliid.
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Mace bearer

  • an officer who carries a mace before person in authority.
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Office bearer

  • an officer; one who has a specific office or duty to perform.
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office-bearer

  • noun the person who holds an office
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Sack bearer

  • (Zoöl.). See Basket worm, under Basket.
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shield-bearer

Shield"-bear`er noun
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  1. One who, or that which, carries a shield.
  2. (Zoöl.) Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves.
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Spire bearer

  • . (Paleon.) Same as Spirifer.
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Standard bearer

  • an officer of an army, company, or troop, who bears a standard; commonly called color sergeantor color bearer; hence, the leader of any organization; as, the standard bearer of a political party.
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standard-bearer

  • noun an outstanding leader of a political movement
  • noun the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle
    color bearer.
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stretcher-bearer

  • noun one who helps carry a stretcher
    litter-bearer.
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Sword bearer

  • one who carries his master's sword; an officer in London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad.
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water bearer

  • noun (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius
    Aquarius.
  • noun the eleventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about January 20 to February 18
    Aquarius the Water Bearer; Aquarius.
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water-bearer

Wa"ter-bear`er noun
Definitions
  1. (Astron.) The constellation Aquarius.
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