Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who helps to carry the corpse and accessories at a funeral.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the corpse, as distinguished from a
bearer , orpallbearer , who helps to hold up the pall.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who helps to
bear orcarry the corpse or accessories at afuneral .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From underbear + -er.
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