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pallbearer

[pawl-bair-er] / ˈpɔlˌbɛər ər /


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After Kennedy’s assassination, Whittaker was a pallbearer at the funeral in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

I’ve been a pallbearer like 15 times or something.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2025

If she is asked to help at a service, she is often the only female pallbearer - but recently, at one funeral, there were four women working.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023

Kara-Murza had been a friend of Sen. John McCain and was a pallbearer at his 2018 funeral.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2023

Another pallbearer chimed in, “Let’s go get some doughnuts.”

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli




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