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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral;
[syn: pallbearer, bearer]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

pallbearer \pall"bear*er\ (p[add]l"b[^a]r*[~e]r), n.
   One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called
   from the pall being formerly carried by them.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pallbearer
    n 1: one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral [syn:
         pallbearer, bearer]