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Pallbearer

Definition: Pallbearer

Pallbearer

Noun

1. One of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Pallbearer

DomainDefinitions

Occupations

Acts as one of group to carry casket from mortuary to place of funeral service and interment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Pallbearer

Synonym: bearer (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Pallbearer

English words defined with "pallbearer": Underbearer. (references)

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Modern Usage: Pallbearer

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

The Pallbearer (1996)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Pallbearer

DomainTitle

Books

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pallbearer

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

the pallbearer

21

gloves pallbearer

2
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Modern Translations: Pallbearer

Language Translations for "pallbearer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏حامل النعش, ‏حامل بساط الرحمة. (various references)

   

Czech

  

kdo nese rakev. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

تابوت بر, ادم نعش کش . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kantaja (claimant, plaintiff, porter, support). (various references)

   

French

  

porteur de drap, porteur de cercueil. (various references)

   

German

  

Sargträger (pall bearer). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

vki koporsója mellett megy (to be sy's pallbearer), utolsó útjára kísér vkit (to be sy's pallbearer), megy vki koporsója mellett (to be sy's pallbearer). (various references)

   

Italian

  

chi porta la bara. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

allbearerpay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

salvaguarda (protection, safe conduct, safeguard, safeguards, sea letter). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

человек (a man of great worship, April-fool, bodybuilder, contrarian, diarist, dieter, digamist, diner-out, fruitarian, fugleman, globe-trotter, good-timer, haemophiliac, hipster, hobbyist, hot stuff, human, human being, insomniac, interloper, irrepatriable, Job's post, kibitzer, killjoy, lawman, leading light, leaker, leaky vessel, left-winger, man, man set in authority, megalomaniac, middle-of-the-roader, name-child, Nosey Parker, nothingarian, person, prevaricator, prizeman, pseud, raver, returner, shopaholic, spoilsport, weather forecaster, wight 1, workaholic, worldling), несущий гроб. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nosač kovčega (pall bearer). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

portador del féretro. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

bårbärare (stretcher bearer). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tabutu taşıyan kimse. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

той, що несе труну, той, що підтриму" кінці покривала. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Pallbearer

Derivations

Words beginning with "pallbearer": pallbearers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Pallbearer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pallbarer, pallbearere, pallberrer, paulbearer. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Pallbearer"

Words rhyming with "pallbearer" (pronounced 'Pall"bear*er'): Abaiser, Abandoner, Abaser, Abater, Abhorrer, Abider, Abjurer, Abolisher, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Abutter, Acater, Acceder, Accelerometer, Accepter, Accipenser, Accipiter, Acclaimer, Accompanier, Accomplisher, Accorder, Accruer, Accumber, Accuser, Acetifier, Acetimeter, Acetometer, Achiever, Acidifier, Acidimeter, Acipenser, Acknowledger, Acoumeter, Acquirer, Acquitter, Acroter, Actinometer, Adducer, Adelaster, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admeasurer, Admirer, Admitter, Admonisher, Admonitioner, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Adulter, Adulterer, Advancer, Adventurer, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoutrer, Advoyer, Aerographer, Aerometer, Afer, Affecter, Affeer, Affiancer, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Aflutter, Africander, After-dinner, Agger, Aggrandizer, Aglimmer, Aglitter, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Airometer, Alabaster, Albuminimeter, Alcalimeter, Aleconner, Aleger, Aletaster, Aleurometer, Algometer, Aliner, Alkalimeter, Allayer, Alleger, Allegorizer, Allotter, Allower, Allurer, Almner, Almoner, Almsgiver, Alnager, Altimeter, Altogether, Altometer, Amasser, Ambler, Ambusher, Amender, Amercer, Ammeter, Amphiaster, Amphimacer, Amplifier, Amuser, Amylobacter, Amylometer, Analyzer, Anathematizer, Anatifer, Anatomizer, Anemometer, Anglemeter, Angler, Angulometer, Animadverter, Animater, Anker, Annealer, Annexer, Announcer, Annoyer, Annueler, Annuller, Anointer, Another, Answerer, Ant-eater, Antechamber, Antenumber, Anther, Anthracometer, Antiburgher, Antichamber, Anticoherer, Antiguggler, Antimeter, Antiphoner, Antirenter, Antitrochanter, Antler, Anywhither, Aper, Aphorismer, Apologer, Apologizer, Apomecometer, Appeacher, Appealer, Appearer, Appeaser, Appetizer, Applauder, Applier, Appointer, Apporter, Apportioner, Apposer, Appraiser, Apprehender, Apprizer, Approacher, Araeometer, Archbutler, Archer, Archiater, Archpresbyter, Archtreasurer, Arcubalister, Areometer, Arguer, Arithmometer, Armiger, Armor-bearer, Armorer, Aromatizer, Arquebusier, Arraigner, Arranger, Arrayer, Arrester, Arriver, Artificer, Ascertainer, Asperser, Aspirer, Assailer, Assaulter, Assayer, assembler, Assenter, Asserter, Assever, Assigner, Assister, Assizer, Assober, Assuager, Assumer, Assurer, Astringer, Astrolater, Astrologer, Astrometer, Astronomer, Astrophotometer, Asunder, Atafter, Atelier, Atmidometer, Atmolyzer, Atmometer, Atomizer, Atoner, Attacker, Attainder, Attemper, Attempter, Attender, Atter, Attirer, Attitudinizer, Attracter, Audiometer, Auger, Augmenter, Augurer, Auntter, Auster, Authorizer, Autobiographer, Autocoherer, Autotransformer, Auxanometer, Auxometer, avant-courier, Avener, Avenger, Averter, Avoider, Avoucher, Avoutrer, Avower, Avoyer, Awakener, Awarder, Aweather, Azotometer, Backbiter, Backer, Backhander, Backsettler, Backslider, Backster, Backwater, Badder, Badgerer, Baffler, Baggager, Bagpiper, Baiter, Baker, Balancer, Balder, Balister, Ballader, Ball-flower, Ballister, Ballooner, Balloter, Balter, Baluster, Bamboozler, Bander, Bandmaster, Banisher, Banker, banner, Banquetter, Banterer, Baptizer, Barbermonger, Bargainer, Bargemastter, Barger, Barkeeper, Barnburner, Barnstormer, Barocyclonometer, Baromacrometer, BAROMETER, barretter, Barricader, Barrier, Barrister, Bartender, Barterer, Base-burner, Basifier, Batfowler, Bather, Bathometer, Batterer, Bawler, Baxter, Bay-antler, Bdellometer, Beaker, Bearer, Beater, Beaucatcher, Beautifier, Beblubber, Becker, Bedchamber, Bedewer, Bedmaker, Bedswerver, Bee-eater, Beefeater, Beemaster, Beflatter, Beflower, Begetter, Beginner, Begrimer, Beguiler, Behither, Beholder, Belcher, Beleaguer, Beleaguerer, Beleper, Believer, Bellower, Bellwether, Belswagger, Bemaster, Bemoaner, Bemonster, Bencher, Bender, Benefiter, B'enitier, Beplaster, Bepowder, Berber, Bereaver, Bergmaster, Bes-antler, Bescatter, Beseecher, Besetter, Besieger, Beslabber, Beslaver, Beslobber, Beslubber, Besmearer, Besomer, Bespatter, Bespeaker, Besprinkler, Bestower, Betrayer, Bewailer, Bewilder, Bewinter, Bewitcher, Bewonder, Bewrayer, Bez-antler, Bhunder, Bibber, Bibler, Bibliographer, Bickerer, Bicycler, Bidder, Bier, Bilander, Binder. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Pallbearer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-l-l-p-r-r"

-1 letter: reparable.

-2 letters: reapable.

-3 letters: labeler, parable, pearler, relabel.

-4 letters: arable, baller, barrel, bearer, beleap, earlap, leaper, paella, paleae, paleal, parral, parrel, realer, reaper, repeal.

-5 letters: abele, abler, allee, areae, areal, baler, barer, barre, belle, blare, blear, bleep, label, labra, lapel, laree, leper, palea, paler, parae, parer, parle, pearl, perea, plebe, raper, rebar, rebel, repel.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-e-l-l-p-r-r"
 

+1 letter: pallbearers.

 

+2 letters: irrepealable.

 

+3 letters: irreplaceable, irreplaceably.

 

+5 letters: irrepealability.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Pallbearer


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 6C 6C 62 65 61 72 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01101100 01101100 01100010 01100101 01100001 01110010 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#108 &#108 &#98 &#101 &#97 &#114 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 006C 006C 0062 0065 0061 0072 0065 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50677878687167847184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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