pallbearer

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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

Pickett’s young son, D’Vonne Pickett III, walked onto the stage with a pallbearer.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2022

And greatest is Rostam—a warhorse to Neptune, a pallbearer of the Nazarene.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri