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cross-bearer

cross-bearer is the alternative form of cross bearer.

Meaning of cross bearer

Noun

cross bearer (plural cross bearers)

  1. A person who carries a cross in a Christian religious procession.
    • He was at the head of a splendid train of religious, civil and military men, mingled together, or, as the old ballad maker expresses it,
      "With many a cross bearer before,
      And many a spear behind."1823, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 18, in Quentin Durward
    Synonyms:
    crucifer

Forms of cross-bearer

pluralcross-bearers

Questions about cross-bearer

What is cross-bearer the alternative form of?
Cross-bearer is the alternative form of cross bearer.

Words near cross-bearer in the dictionary

  1. cross-banded
  2. cross-batteries
  3. cross-battery
  4. cross-beam
  5. cross-beams
  6. cross-bearer
  7. cross-bearers
  8. cross-beat
  9. cross-beats
  10. cross-bedded
  11. cross-bedding

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