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barer
English
Etymology
bare +? -er
Noun
barer (plural barers)
- One who bares or exposes something.
Adjective
barer
- comparative form of bare: more bare
Anagrams
- Barre, Berra, Raber, aberr, arber, barre, berra, rebar
Danish
Noun
barer c
- indefinite plural of bar
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
barer m
- indefinite plural of bar
Swedish
Noun
barer
- indefinite plural of bar
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bearer
English
Etymology
From Middle English berer, berere, from Old English berere (attested in Old English wæterberere (“waterbearer”)), equivalent to bear +? -er.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b???/
- Rhymes: -????(?)
- Hyphenation: bear?er
Noun
bearer (plural bearers)
- One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 2 Chronicles 2.18,[1]
- And he [Solomon] set threescore and ten thousand of them [the foreigners living in Israel] to be bearers of burdens,
- 1676, John Dryden, Aureng-Zebe, London: Henry Herringman, Act II, p. 29,[2]
- Forgive the Bearer of unhappy news:
- Your alter’d Father openly pursues
- Your ruine;
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 2 Chronicles 2.18,[1]
- Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession.
- Synonym: pallbearer
- 1645, John Milton, “Another on the same” in Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, London: Humphrey Moseley, p. 29,[3]
- Nay, quoth he, on his swooning bed outstretch’d,
- If I may not carry, sure Ile ne’re be fetch’d,
- But vow though the cross Doctors all stood hearers,
- For one Carrier put down to make six bearers.
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist, Chapter 5,[4]
- […] the bare coffin having been screwed down, was hoisted on the shoulders of the bearers, and carried into the street.
- 1934, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors, London: Victor Gollancz, 1975, “A Full Peal of Grandsire Triples”, Part 3,[5]
- The deep shadows of the porch swallowed up priest, corpse and bearers […]
- One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment.
- A person employed or engaged to carry equipment on a safari, expedition, etc.
- A person employed to carry a palanquin or litter.
- (India, dated) A domestic servant in charge of household goods and clothing; a valet.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Watches of the Night’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 60:
- The bar of the watch-guard worked through the buttonhole, and the watch—Platte's watch—slid quietly on to the carpet; where the bearer found it next morning and kept it.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘Watches of the Night’, Plain Tales from the Hills, Folio 2005, p. 60:
- (India) A waiter in a hotel or restaurant.
- A tree or plant yielding fruit.
- 1791, William Gilpin, Remarks on Forest Scenery: and Other Woodland Views, London: R. Blamire, Volume 1, Book 1, Section 6, p. 149,[7]
- In the common mode of pruning, this species of vine is no great bearer; but managed as it is here, it produces wonderfully.
- 1791, William Gilpin, Remarks on Forest Scenery: and Other Woodland Views, London: R. Blamire, Volume 1, Book 1, Section 6, p. 149,[7]
- (dated) Someone who delivers a letter or message on behalf of another (especially as referred to in the letter or message).
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V, Scene 2,[8]
- […] Wilt thou know
- Th’ effect of what I wrote? […]
- An earnest conjuration from the King,
- As England was his faithful tributary, […]
- That, on the view and knowing of these contents,
- Without debatement further, more or less,
- He should the bearers put to sudden death,
- 1784, Samuel Johnson, letter cited in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, Volume 2, p. 487,[9]
- Sir, The bearer is my godson, whom I take the liberty of recommending to your kindness […]
- 1829, Walter Scott, Introduction to Rob Roy,[10]
- P. S.—If you’d send your pipes by the bearer […] I would put them in order, and play some melancholy tunes,
- 1887, Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders, Chapter 13,[11]
- The message was brought, and Winterborne sent the bearer back to say that he begged the lady’s pardon, but that he could not do as she requested;
- 1904, Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, Chapter 25,[12]
- […] he gave him a note to Mr. Harmon, one of the head managers of Durham’s—
- “The bearer, Jurgis Rudkus, is a particular friend of mine, and I would like you to find him a good place […]
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act V, Scene 2,[8]
- (printing) A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page.
- (printing) A type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Bengali: ??????? (be?ara), ?????? (behara) (borrowed from sense 4)
Translations
Anagrams
- rebear
Latin
Verb
be?rer
- first-person singular imperfect passive subjunctive of be?
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