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How to pronounce bearer in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms carrier, toter
Type of traveller, traveler
Derivation bear
Type Words
Synonyms pallbearer
Type of sorrower, griever, lamenter, mourner
Derivation bear
Type Words
Synonyms holder
Type of capitalist
Derivation bear


the bond was marked `payable to bearer'.
Type Words
Type of courier, messenger
Derivation bear


a bearer of good tidings.

Examples of bearer

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His job as a stretcher-bearer was no less dangerous than that of an infantryman.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Olympic torch bearer runs during the torch relay in Macau Saturday, May 3, 2008.
From the sacbee.com
Instruments which are in essence simply a string or strings and a string bearer.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The ad reprints a letter from Dole, who was the party's standard-bearer in 1996.
From the caucuses.desmoinesregister.com
Yet the United official was the bearer of more gifts and the atmosphere lifted.
From the independent.co.uk
To honor her, he made the horn magically fill with whatever the bearer desired.
From the thestate.com
Since jobs are scarce anyway, this message makes me the bearer of good tidings.
From the theatlantic.com
He makes an annual trip to Lourdes to act as a stretcher bearer or brancardier.
From the express.co.uk
Chinese basketball had seen no heir to Yao Ming as international standard-bearer.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • Carrier: someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the bonds were transmitted by carrier"
  • A messenger who bears or presents; "a bearer of good tidings"
  • Pallbearer: one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
  • Holder: 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'"
  • A porter, also called a bearer, is a person who carries objects for others.
  • One who bears; Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession; A domestic servant in India
  • (bearers) In presses, the flat surfaces or rings at the ends of cylinders that come in contact with each other during printing and serve as a basis for determing packing thickness.
  • (Bearers) Battens designed to provide a support for other timbers
  • (Bearers) Load bearing structural timber components.