bearer

[bair-er] /ˈbɛər ər/
noun
1.
a person or thing that carries, upholds, or brings:
dozens of bearers on the safari.
2.
the person who presents an order for money or goods:
Pay to the bearer.
3.
a tree or plant that yields fruit or flowers.
4.
the holder of rank or office; incumbent.
5.
pallbearer.
6.
(especially in India) a native boy or man employed as a personal or household servant.
7.
Printing.
  1. furniture (def 4).
  2. one of several strips of metal fitted at the sides of a plate for support during inking and proving.
8.
a joistlike member supporting the floorboards of a scaffold.
9.
Furniture. bearing rail.
Origin
1250-1300; Middle English berere. See bear1, -er1
Examples from the web for bearer
  • Leo, the outsider, becomes the bearer of messages between the two lovers.
  • Trusting science doesn't mean one has blind faith in the bearer of good or bad news.
  • He doesn't register as a bearer of potential information-barter, so the conversation goes nowhere.
  • They permit the bearer to conduct business activity such as meetings and work-related functions.
  • The priest of the parish came with all imaginable politeness to desire a note of him, payable to the bearer in the other world.
  • The first is called the fore-reaper, the last the tail-bearer.
  • She is the bearer of them that shall grow and be mates to the mothers.
  • It was an office tenable for five years during which its bearer was invested with supreme despotic powers within his jurisdiction.
  • Almost half way to the wall, down go color bearer and color to the ground-the gallant sergeant is dead.
  • Much more than a cultural hybrid, each player is a tradition-bearer of the highest order.
British Dictionary definitions for bearer

bearer

/ˈbɛərə/
noun
1.
a person or thing that bears, presents, or upholds
2.
a person who presents a note or bill for payment
3.
(formerly, in Africa, India, etc)
  1. a native carrier, esp on an expedition
  2. a native servant
4.
See pallbearer
5.
the holder of a rank, position, office, etc
6.
(modifier) (finance) payable to the person in possession: bearer bonds
Word Origin and History for bearer
n.

Old English -berere (in water-berere), agent noun from bear (v.). Meaning "one who helps carry a corpse to the grave" is from 1630s.