pallbearer
noun
pall·bear·er
ˈpȯl-ˌber-ər 
: a person who helps to carry the coffin at a funeral
also
: a member of the escort or honor guard of the coffin who does not actually help to carry it
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In a TikTok posted Wednesday, the brand showed Duo being carried in a body bag by two other company mascots serving as pallbearers.
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Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Reportedly, one of the pallbearers in this event spent $3K to have the casket shipped overnight.
—Matt Levine, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
His remains now rest in a wooden casket that was carried and guarded by military pallbearers in impeccable dress uniforms, similar to the attire worn by the Naval Academy midshipmen who saluted him on Pennsylvania Avenue.
—Bill Barrow, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025
Thirty-year-old Ronald Banks, who was a pallbearer, was fatally shot.
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
Reportedly, one of the pallbearers in this event spent $3K to have the casket shipped overnight.
—Matt Levine, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
His remains now rest in a wooden casket that was carried and guarded by military pallbearers in impeccable dress uniforms, similar to the attire worn by the Naval Academy midshipmen who saluted him on Pennsylvania Avenue.
—Bill Barrow, The Denver Post, 7 Jan. 2025
Thirty-year-old Ronald Banks, who was a pallbearer, was fatally shot.
—Christine Pelisek, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
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pallbearer
noun
pall·bear·er
ˈpȯl-ˌbar-ər
-ˌber-
: a person who helps to carry the coffin at a funeral
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