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1a person or thing that carries or holds something: [in combination]: a flag-bearer figurative I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings
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a carrier of equipment on an expedition.
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Indian a domestic servant or other menial worker.
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Indian a waiter.
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a person who carries the coffin at a funeral.
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2a person who presents a cheque or other order to pay money: promissory notes payable to the bearer
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[as modifier] payable to the possessor: bearer bonds