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bearer

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bearer

1
 n
a messenger who bears or presents
2
 n
the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bearer
1

n a messenger who bears or presents

“a bearer of good tidings”
Type of:
courier, messenger
a person who carries a message

n someone whose employment involves carrying something

Synonyms:
carrier, toter
Type of:
traveler, traveller
a person who changes location

n one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral

Synonyms:
pallbearer
Type of:
griever, lamenter, mourner, sorrower
a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
2

n the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it

“the bond was marked `payable to bearer'”
Synonyms:
holder
Type of:
capitalist
a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
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