Usually means: Carrier of casket at funerals.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word pallbearer:

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  1. pallbearer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pallbearer: Merriam-Webster
  3. pallbearer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pallbearer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pallbearer: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pallbearer: Vocabulary.com
  7. pallbearer: Wordnik
  8. pallbearer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. pallbearer: Wiktionary
  10. pallbearer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pallbearer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pallbearer: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Pallbearer, pallbearer: Dictionary.com
  14. pallbearer: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Pallbearer (band), Pallbearer, The Pallbearer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Pallbearer: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. pallbearer: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. pallbearer: Rhymezone
  19. Pallbearer: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. pallbearer: FreeDictionary.org
  21. pallbearer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. pallbearer: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pallbearer: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pallbearer, the pallbearer: Urban Dictionary

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▸ 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.

Similar:
bearer, pall-bearer, underbearer, palliator, armourbearer, armorbearer, flag bearer, flagbearer, cross-bearer, armor-bearer, more...

Opposite:
bearer, honor guard, escort

Phrases:
The Pallbearer, One More Pallbearer, more...

Adjectives:
honorary, second, chief, only, fourth, professional, active, fellow, haired, short, hired



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Similar:
bearer, pall-bearer, underbearer, palliator, armourbearer, armorbearer, flag bearer, flagbearer, cross-bearer, armor-bearer, more...

Opposite:
bearer, honor guard, escort

Phrases:
The Pallbearer, One More Pallbearer, more...

Adjectives:
honorary, second, chief, only, fourth, professional, active, fellow, haired, short, hired



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