bearer

noun

bear·er ˈber-ər

Synonyms of bearer next

: one that bears: such as

: porter sense 1

: a plant yielding fruit

: pallbearer

: one holding a check, draft, bond, or other order for payment especially if marked payable to bearer

—often used attributively

bearer bonds

Examples of bearer in a Sentence

the bearer of a U.S. passport The check was marked “payable to bearer.”

Recent Examples on the Web There is the torch (religion), there’s the flame (spirituality) and then there’s the torch bearer (believers). —

Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023 Olivia Rodrigo, the bearer of perhaps the most famous driver’s license in Los Angeles, piloted her black Range Rover to Westwood on a scorching late July afternoon. —

Caryn Ganz, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023 All over the world, a standard bearer for the rights of the truly downtrodden, a very British girl who transcended nationality. —

Town & Country, 31 Aug. 2023 The impeachment of Ken Paxton was approved in a 121-23 vote, with 60 Republicans including the House speaker voting against one of their own party’s prominent standard bearers. —

Shannon Najmabadi, WSJ, 30 May 2023 The win also came against a stout Philadelphia Union team that, in many ways, is a standard bearer in MLS for all the right reasons. —

Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2023 From the earliest embryonic stage to the very end of life, each and every human being is a person and a bearer of fundamental dignity and an unalienable right to life. —

Jeff Bradford, National Review, 15 June 2023 Tony Bennett, a standard bearer of the American Songbook whose resilient career stretched from duetting with Judy Garland to Lady Gaga, died on July 21 at the age of 96. —

Andrew R. Chow, Time, 21 July 2023 The Patriots desperately need to ascertain whether Mac Jones is the torch bearer at quarterback or a first-round flameout-in-the-making. —

Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023 See More

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