pall-bearer

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Noun pall-bearer has 1 sense

pallbearer, bearer - one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
--₁ is a kind of mourner, griever, sorrower, lamenter

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Pall-bearer

Noun

Sense: One of the individuals who carries or helps to carry the coffin at a funeral.

Sample Sentence: The pall-bearers gently lowered the coffin into the ground, their faces solemn and respectful.

Noun

Sense: A company or person responsible for the transportation of coffins.

Sample Sentence: The funeral director hired a pall-bearer to transport the coffin to the cemetery.