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pallbearer definitions
n 1: one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral [syn: pallbearer, bearer]
noun Etymology: 2pall Date: 1707 a person who helps to carry the coffin at a funeral; also a member of the escort or honor guard of the coffin who does not actually help to carry it
n. a person helping to carry or officially escorting a coffin at a funeral.
Pallbearer Pall"bear*er, n. One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.
(pallbearers) At a funeral, a pallbearer is a person who helps to carry the coffin or who walks beside it. N-COUNT
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