bearer

One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.

And he [Solomon] set threescore and ten thousand of them [the foreigners living in Israel] to be bearers of burdens,

Forgive the Bearer of unhappy news: Your alter’d Father openly pursues Your ruine;

Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession.

Nay, quoth he, on his swooning bed outstretch’d, If I may not carry, sure Ile ne’re be fetch’d, But vow though the cross Doctors all stood hearers, For one Carrier put down to make six bearers.

[…] the bare coffin having been screwed down, was hoisted on the shoulders of the bearers, and carried into the street.

One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment.

I promise to pay the bearer on demand.

A person employed or engaged to carry equipment on a safari, expedition, etc.

A person employed to carry a palanquin or litter.

Within an hour of our finally deciding to start five litters were brought up to the door of the cave, each accompanied by four regular bearers and two spare hands, also a band of about fifty armed Amahagger, who were to form the escort and carry the baggage.

A surname originating as an occupation.