%bearer%

n. 1. One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. “Bearers of burdens.” 2 Chron. ii. 18. “The bearer of unhappy news.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Com.) One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Print.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (R.C.Ch.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an entertainment. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Antiq.) One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently charged with the performance of this office for his master. “I was the king's cupbearer.” Neh. i. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who forbears. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. one who helps carry a stretcher.
Syn. -- stretcher-bearer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Any fish of the family Poeciliiidae, small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters, often used in mosquito control.
Syn. -- topminnow, poeciliid fish, poeciliid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an official who carries the mace of office before persons in authority.
Syn. -- mace, macer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A person who holds an office; an officeholder. [ Chiefly British ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, carries a shield. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any small moth of the genus Aspidisca, whose larva makes a shieldlike covering for itself out of bits of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who officiously tells tales; one who impertinently or maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spies and talebearers, encouraged by her father, did their best to inflame her resentment. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose office it is to carry a torch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds up a train, as of a robe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the corpse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall. [ 1913 Webster ]