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One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. "Bearers of burdens." 2 Chron. ii. 18. "The bearer of unhappy news." Dryden.

One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger. Judg. ix. 54.

A Brazilian leaf hopper (Bocydium tintinnabuliferum), remarkable for the four bell-shaped appendages of its thorax.

A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.

manently charged with the performance of this office for his master. "I was the king's cupbearer." Neh. i. 11.

One who forbears. Tusser.

One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.

One who, or that which, carries a shield.

r maliciously communicates intelligence, scandal, etc., and makes mischief. Spies and talebearers, encouraged by her father, did their best to inflame her resentment. Macaulay.

One whose office it is to carry a torch.

One who holds up a train, as of a robe.

tains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.

The constellation Aquarius.

An ensign; a standard bearer. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.

The bearer of a flag; an ensign. [Obs.] This is Othello's ancient, as I take it. Shak.

The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.

Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire. Jacob.

s money for safe keeping. -- Bank of issue, a bank which issues its own notes payable to bearer.

In America (and formerly in England), a promissory note of a bank payable to the bearer on demand, and used as currency; a bank note.

A promissory note issued by a bank or banking company, payable to bearer on demand.