Definitions
someone whose employment involves carrying something
Word origin
From Middle English berer, berere, from Old English berere (attested in Old English wæterberere (“waterbearer”)), equivalent to bear + -er.
Used in a sentence
“And he [Solomon] set threescore and ten thousand of them [the foreigners living in Israel] to be bearers of burdens,”
“Forgive the Bearer of unhappy news: Your alter’d Father openly pursues Your ruine;”
“The slightest manifestation of sympathy or justice toward a person of color, was denounced as abolitionism; and the name of abolitionist, subjected its bearer to frightful liabilities.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Carrier”6 letters
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