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1. Someone whose employment involves carrying something
   "the bonds were transmitted by bearer"
   - carrier, toter
    
2. A messenger who bears or presents
   "a bearer of good tidings"
    
3. One of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
   - 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'"
   - holder

Derived forms: bearers

See also: bear

Type of: capitalist, courier, griever, lamenter, messenger, mourner, sorrower, traveler [US], traveller [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Bearer