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Pallbearer

Description:

A pallbearer is an individual who helps carry or support a coffin or casket during a funeral or memorial service.

Part of Speech:

Noun

Senses:

1. An individual who carries or supports a coffin during a funeral service.
2. A person who serves as a member of a group of people carrying a casket at a funeral.
3. A role traditionally reserved for close friends or family members of the deceased.

Usages:

• She acted as a pallbearer for her grandfather's funeral.
• The pallbearers carefully carried the casket down the aisle.
• He was honored to be chosen as one of the pallbearers for his best friend's burial.

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