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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

State media puts out a continuous stream of reports showing the diminutive dictator lavishing gifts on temples, and as a pallbearer at the funerals of senior abbots.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2024

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

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023

Kara-Murza holds both British and Russian citizenship and was a pallbearer at the funeral of U.S.

From Reuters ● Apr. 6, 2023

Hale served again as a pallbearer, holding aloft the casket of his friend.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

Just under two years later and both Ewie and Frans would be pallbearers at Hansie's funeral following his shock death in a plane crash.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025

The band kept playing as the pallbearers trudged onward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025

It was lifted by pallbearers and carried into the church.

From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2024

At the front of the cathedral, pallbearers placed the casket next to a large photo of a smiling Valenzuela.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024

Now the preacher had finished, and someone signaled the bandmaster and there was solemn music as the pallbearers carried the coffin down the spiraling stairs.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison


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