# bearer

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbɛəɹə/ · frequency rank #16,413

## Definitions
1. One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
2. Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession.
3. One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment.
4. A person employed or engaged to carry equipment on a safari, expedition, etc.
5. A person employed to carry a palanquin or litter.
6. A domestic servant in charge of household goods and clothing; a valet.
7. A waiter in a hotel or restaurant.
8. A tree or plant yielding fruit.
9. Someone who delivers a letter or message on behalf of another (especially as referred to in the letter or message).
10. A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page.
11. A type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.

## Etymology
From Middle English berer, berere, from Old English berere (attested in Old English wæterberere (“waterbearer”)), equivalent to bear + -er.

## Easily confused with
- **beer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-beer)
- **bears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-bears)
- **beret** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-beret)
- **better** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-better)
- **beaten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-beaten)
- **beware** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-beware)
- **beaver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-beaver)
- **Becker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-becker)
- **bender** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-bender)
- **blazer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-blazer)
- **beater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-beater)
- **braver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-braver)
- **Berber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-berber)
- **breaker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-breaker)
- **boarder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bearer-vs-boarder)
- **bear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bear-vs-bearer)
- **bare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bare-vs-bearer)
- **barr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barr-vs-bearer)
- **baker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baker-vs-bearer)
- **beard** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beard-vs-bearer)

## Common misspellings (8)
`baerer`, `bbearer`, `beaerr`, `bearerr`, `bearre`, `bearrer`, `beraer`, `ebarer`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bearer