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pallbearer

[pawl-bair-er] / ˈpɔlˌbɛər ər /


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Whittaker caught a flight to L.A. and was at the senator’s hospital bedside when he died and then served as a pallbearer at the funeral.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

After giving a statement to the deputies that morning, Pope arrived at his sister’s funeral, where he was supposed to be a pallbearer, just as everyone was leaving.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2025

Hannah said one of the rooms they used was where a pallbearer would "lower the coffins down before they would be cremated... obviously they don’t use it any more".

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2024

Kara-Murza holds both British and Russian citizenship and was a pallbearer at the funeral of U.S.

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2023

I also didn’t know what “it” was, but sort of put two and two together and guessed it had something to do with whatever a pallbearer was.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds




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