Meaning

2 senses
  1. One called upon to carry or bear the coffin or the casket at a funeral.

    one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral

  2. (archaic)One who carries a corner of the pall over a coffin or casket.

    Sargträger

    носильщик гробаnosilʹščik groba, похоронный носильщикpoxoronnyj nosilʹščik

Examples

3 sentences
  1. A pallbearer carries the casket of the deceased at their funeral.

    deEin Leichenträger trägt den Sarg des Verstorbenen bei der Beerdigung.

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  2. The pallbearers at her funeral were all women. I had never seen that before.

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  3. A pallbearer stumbled, causing the casket to tumble off the bier and onto the ground.

    deEin Leichenträger stolperte, wodurch der Sarg von der Bahre auf den Boden stürzte.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
casket bearer:
Deutsch
casket bearer:

Origin

From pall + bearer.

From pall + bearer.

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Forms

plural: pallbearers
Singularpallbearer
Pluralpallbearers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral:bearer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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