Pallbearer

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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