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pallbearer

pallbearer noun: one called upon to carry or bear the coffin or the casket at a funeral.

Noun

pallbearer (plural pallbearers)

  1. One called upon to carry or bear the coffin or the casket at a funeral.
    • It took ten pallbearers to carry her coffin.1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig
    • They are likely displeased with the viral videos showing policemen attempting to tear the Palestinian flags from Abu Aqleh’s coffin while beating pallbearers with clubs, causing her coffin to almost fall to the ground.2022 May 16, Elizabeth Tsurkov, “Israel knows it will get away with the attack on Shireen Abu Aqleh’s funeral”, in The Guardian
  2. (archaic) One who carries a corner of the pall over a coffin or casket.

pallbearer meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Kannada and Gujarati

pallbearer in Tamil

பாடை சும்ப்பவர், பிணப்பேழை தூக்குபவர்

pallbearer in Bengali

শবাধার বহনকারী ব্যক্তি

pallbearer in Kannada

ಹೆಣಹೊರುಗ

pallbearer in Gujarati

casket bearer
ખાંધિયો khāndhiyo, નસેસલો naseslo

Forms of pallbearer

pluralpallbearers

Origin of pallbearer

From pall + bearer.

Questions about pallbearer

What does pallbearer mean?
Pallbearer means one called upon to carry or bear the coffin or the casket at a funeral.
What is pallbearer in Tamil?
Pallbearer in Tamil is பாடை சும்ப்பவர், பிணப்பேழை தூக்குபவர். See Pallbearer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pallbearer?
Pallbearer is a noun.
What is the plural of pallbearer?
The plural of pallbearer is pallbearers.

Words near pallbearer in the dictionary

  1. Pallavaram
  2. Pallaveram
  3. Pallavi
  4. Pallavicini
  5. pallaviciniaceous
  6. pallbearer
  7. pallbearers
  8. pallbearing
  9. palleal
  10. palled
  11. palled around

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pallbearer (page history and authors); pallbearer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pallbearer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pallbearer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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