Bearer
['beərə] or ['bɛrɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a messenger who bears or presents; 'a bearer of good tidings'.
Typist: Merritt--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
(n.) Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer.
(n.) A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant.
(n.) A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.
(n.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer.
(n.) 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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Examples
- Mr. Dick would not have relinquished his post of candle-bearer to anyone alive. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He brought a native servant with him, who was his valet and pipe-bearer and who wore the Sedley crest in silver on his turban. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The carriage drove up; her father relieved Graham; but in the exchange from one bearer to another she was hurt, and moaned again. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Indeed, I'm the bearer of a message from him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I soon discovered my mistake and found him to be train-bearer and organ-blower to a whole procession of people. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have obtained the favour that the bearer has a short note from Charles to his wife. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Tell me, by bearer, when you will come, for I am like the lady in Tom Thumb--I cannot stay. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I am the bearer of a letter of introduction to Mr. Bounderby, the banker. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I am bearer of a letter, stammered out the Jew, so please your reverend valour, to that good knight, from Prior Aymer of the Abbey of Jorvaulx. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In a few moments she stalked in again, proclaiming in her heraldic manner, 'Mr Rokesmith is the bearer of a packet for Miss Bella Wilfer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was an order, written in Marie's delicate Italian hand, to the master of a whipping-establishment to give the bearer fifteen lashes. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- DEAR SIR, Your kind letter of September 27 came to hand but very lately, the bearer having stayed long in Holland. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Now, Joseph Gargery, I am the bearer of an offer to relieve you of this young fellow your apprentice. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Sir Leicester bowed to the bearer of that name. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I wrote two lines to Pesca, authorising him to deliver my sealed letter to the bearer, directed the note, and handed it to Monsieur Rubelle. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But he became less confident, on looking, and directed the bearers to 'bring him to the nearest doctor's shop. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The stretcher-bearers saluted and said thank you. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Stretcher-bearers came in all the time, put their stretchers down, unloaded them and went away. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Not to mention bearers, all the money that could be spared were wanted for my mother. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The two stretcher-bearers stood beside the bed holding their caps. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mr. Bucket immediately got rid of the bearers, mysteriously shut the door, and bolted it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Get out of here, the major said to the two stretcher-bearers. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Although in one instance the bearers of not good tidings, Mr. and Mrs. Weston's visit this morning was in another respect particularly opportune. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The gradations from leaf-climbers to tendril bearers are wonderfully close, and certain plants may be differently placed in either class. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It had no dukes, princes, counts, nor any sort of title-bearers claiming to ascendancy or respect as a right. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The two stretcher-bearers picked up the man under the arms and by the legs and brought him in. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Whether ye lurk in honey-throated flowers industrious, or speed lightly through the measureless sky, do I summon ye hither, O sting-bearers. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Then the stretcher-bearers took the man off the table. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Thus directed, the bearers trotted on under their light burden; and the two mourners kept as near them, as they could. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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