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pallbearer

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Pallbearers carry a coffin at a funeral.

Pallbearers carry a coffin at a funeral.

noun
    The definition of a pallbearer is a person who carries a coffin at the funeral.

    An example of a pallbearer is a man helping to carry the coffin up the aisle of the church at a funeral mass.


pallbearer

one of the persons who attend or bear the coffin at a funeral

Origin of pallbearer

pall + bearer: formerly, one who held the edges of the pall


pallbearer

noun

One of the persons carrying or attending a coffin at a funeral.

pallbearer

Noun

(plural pallbearers)

  1. (archaic) One who carries a corner of the pall over a coffin or casket.
  2. One called upon to carry or bear the casket at a funeral.
Origin

From pall + bearer


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Words near pallbearer in the dictionary


  • pallasite
  • pallasites
  • pallavicinia
  • pallaviciniaceae
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  • palled
  • pallescent
  • pallesthesia
  • pallet

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