Usually means: Carrier of a symbolic burden.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. cross-bearer: Wordnik
  2. cross-bearer, cross bearer: Wiktionary
  3. cross-bearer: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. Cross-bearer, cross-bearer, cross bearer: Dictionary.com
  5. Cross-Bearer, Cross Bearer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Cross-bearer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. cross-bearer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Cross-bearer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. cross-bearer: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. cross-bearer: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Cross-bearer: TheFreeDictionary.com

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cross-Bearer: Catholic Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cross bearer)

▸ noun:  (Christianity) A person who carries a cross in a Christian religious procession.

Similar:
crossbearer, cross-bearer, crucifer, book-bearer, banner carrier, bearer, pallbearer, underbearer, stretcher-bearer, crossbowman, more...

Opposite:
cross-bearer, anti-cross-bearer, non-cross-bearer

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Similar:
crossbearer, cross-bearer, crucifer, book-bearer, banner carrier, bearer, pallbearer, underbearer, stretcher-bearer, crossbowman, more...

Opposite:
cross-bearer, anti-cross-bearer, non-cross-bearer



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