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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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 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

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

From Reuters ● Apr. 6, 2023

Now here I was, by myself, coming back from being a pallbearer at a funeral of a girl around my age who had no idea she was going to go.

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

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

It was lifted by pallbearers and carried into the church.

From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2024

Four pallbearers carried the coffin from the church after the funeral and they were followed by Payne’s parents and Cole.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024

Alatorre’s honorary pallbearers draped a United Farm Workers flag over his coffin, and Mariachi Los Rams led the procession out of the cathedral, singing “De Colores.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024

The pallbearers lowered the coffin into the grave with long, creaking straps.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt


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