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bearer

[bair-er] / ˈbɛər ər /


NOUN
person who requests payment of bill
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As they entered, the team's baton bearer handed the baton to one of three gardeners on stage.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Before “Interview with the Vampire” and “The Vampire Lestat,” Hammer Film Productions’ gothic horror movies made “Dracula” their standard bearer.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

When the couple married a year later, which included a civil ceremony at OpenAI with a robotic hand ring bearer, Amodei presented Brockman with a $100 check.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

Intel’s foundry business, which is aiming to attract external customers for its chip manufacturing, has also been a bearer of seemingly good news for investors.

From MarketWatch May 12, 2026

Allen was put in the weapons platoon as an ammo bearer for the Mho machine gun.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

During the celebration, a large papier mache mackerel is carried by bearers through the town over to the yacht club, before it is blessed and then burned at sunset.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Joslin’s lawyers claim no punishment was given to other, similar El Capitan flag bearers.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 23, 2026

Cameras were supposed to be bearers of truth and armor against lies, vehicles of justice and agents of change.

From Slate Jan. 15, 2026

LHC also launched its Abuelas Project in 2021— which pays homage to grandmothers, often the culture bearers in Latino families — to help fill gaps in folk knowledge.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2025

I was one of his pall bearers, yet I could not, would not believe something which I knew could not but be so.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner




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