bearer

noun

1. a person or thing that carries, upholds, or brings: dozens of bearers on the safari.
2. the person who presents an order for money or goods: Pay to the bearer.
3. a tree or plant that yields fruit or flowers.
4. the holder of rank or office; incumbent.
5. pallbearer.
6. (especially in India) a native boy or man employed as a personal or household servant.
7. Printing.
   1. furniture(def 4).
   2. one of several strips of metal fitted at the sides of a plate for support during inking and proving.
8. a joistlike member supporting the floorboards of a scaffold.
9. Furniture. bearing rail.

noun

1. a person or thing that bears, presents, or upholds
2. a person who presents a note or bill for payment
3. (formerly, in Africa, India, etc)
   1. a native carrier, esp on an expedition
   2. a native servant
4. See pallbearer
5. the holder of a rank, position, office, etc
6. (modifier) finance payable to the person in possessionbearer bonds

n.

Old English -berere (in water-berere), agent noun from bear (v.). Meaning “one who helps carry a corpse to the grave” is from 1630s.