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pallbearer

[pawl-bair-er] / ˈpɔlˌbɛər ər /


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After Kennedy’s assassination, Whittaker was a pallbearer at the funeral in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Malcolm Livingstone, a military veteran who served as a pallbearer for Princess Diana, was also found dead outside a church in King's Lynn.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025

After giving a statement to the deputies that morning, Pope arrived at his sister’s funeral, where he was supposed to be a pallbearer, just as everyone was leaving.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025

Kara-Murza had been a friend of Sen. John McCain and was a pallbearer at his 2018 funeral.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

I also didn’t know what “it” was, but sort of put two and two together and guessed it had something to do with whatever a pallbearer was.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds




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