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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

Showing how much he was part of the drive to stop slavery, the Duke of Gloucester was a pallbearer at the funeral of the great abolitionist, William Wilberforce, in 1833.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2023

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

From Reuters • Apr. 6, 2023

Now here I was, by myself, coming back from being a pallbearer at a funeral of a girl around my age who had no idea she was going to go.

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




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