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bearer

[bair-er] / ˈbɛər ər /


NOUN
person who requests payment of bill
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During the numerous interviews she conducted after the race, Finucane was told in one by Team Wales chef de mission Gethin Jones she would be the flag bearer.

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

Wimbledon’s No. 1 Court will feature a showdown between U.S. standard bearer Jessica Pegula and American rising star Iva Jovic in the round of 16.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Before “Interview with the Vampire” and “The Vampire Lestat,” Hammer Film Productions’ gothic horror movies made “Dracula” their standard bearer.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

When the couple married a year later, which included a civil ceremony at OpenAI with a robotic hand ring bearer, Amodei presented Brockman with a $100 check.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

Clay stared at him for a moment, then said, rather vividly, as if he were the bearer of exceptionally good news, “I wrote Loretta you had a nervous breakdown.”

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

During the celebration, a large papier mache mackerel is carried by bearers through the town over to the yacht club, before it is blessed and then burned at sunset.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

In 2009, Ariane became her husband’s No. 2 at the Swiss bank, to the alarm of some culture bearers.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 30, 2026

LHC also launched its Abuelas Project in 2021— which pays homage to grandmothers, often the culture bearers in Latino families — to help fill gaps in folk knowledge.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2025

Nevertheless, such a meeting will be meaningful: an American president shaking hands with an American pope, two bearers of globe-altering power, their origins separated only by the distance from New York to Chicago.

From Slate May 9, 2025

Their captains led them on armored warhorses, standard- bearers riding alongside with their banners.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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