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pallbearer

[pawl-bair-er] / ˈpɔlˌbɛər ər /


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I’ve been a pallbearer like 15 times or something.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

Showing how much he was part of the drive to stop slavery, the Duke of Gloucester was a pallbearer at the funeral of the great abolitionist, William Wilberforce, in 1833.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2023

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

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2023

When Jim Shoemake died in 2013, Wylie served as a pallbearer at the funeral.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2022

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

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann




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