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pallbearer
[ pawl-bair-er ]
noun
- one of several persons who carry or attend the coffin at a funeral.
pallbearer
/ ˈpɔːlˌbɛərə /
noun
- a person who carries or escorts the coffin at a funeral
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Castro actually flew up to Montreal to be a pallbearer at the 2000 funeral of a beloved Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau.
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Should you be a relative or a pallbearer, wear a black weed on your hat.
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Numbering many times six hundred, they advance afoot, creeping at a pallbearer's pace behind a barrage fire.
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Pallbearers are chosen from among his intimate friends; a relative never acts as pallbearer.
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In 1780 he was a pallbearer at the funeral of Governor Hutchinson.
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When my brother Blackford was senator, it seemed to me he spent most of his time acting as pallbearer for the dead ones.
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