bearer

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone whose employment involves carrying something
  2. noun a messenger who bears or presents
  3. noun one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral

Etymology

From Middle English berer, berere, from Old English berere (attested in Old English wæterberere (“waterbearer”)), equivalent to bear + -er.

In classic literature

Synonyms

carrier, toter

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