Usually means: Carriers of the coffin, ceremonially.
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  1. pallbearers: Merriam-Webster
  2. pallbearers: Collins English Dictionary
  3. pallbearers: Vocabulary.com
  4. Pallbearers, pallbearers: Wordnik
  5. pallbearers: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. pallbearers: Wiktionary
  7. pallbearers: Dictionary.com
  8. pallbearers: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Pallbearers, The Pallbearers: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Death and Funeral Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. pallbearers: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (pallbearer)

noun:  (archaic) One who carries a corner of the pall over a coffin or casket.
noun:  One called upon to carry or bear the coffin or the casket at a funeral.
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