bearer
One who conveys
A bearer is someone who carries or conveys something.
A pallbearer carries a coffin; a standard-bearer carries a flag or, figuratively, leads a cause.
In finance, bearer describes instruments payable to whoever holds them: bearer bonds, bearer checks.
Bearer also appears in compounds indicating someone who brings news or possesses a quality: bearer of bad tidings, the bearer of this letter.
Official news announcer
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- emissaryAgent sent abroad
- courierDelivery person or service
- dispatchSend with speed
runner · page · crier · talebearer · go-between · intermediary · announcer · proclaimer
Baggage carrier or dark brew
- sherpaNavigator through difficulty
- stevedoreShip cargo handler
- courierDelivery person or service
- transporterOne who conveys cargo
pallbearer · torchbearer · palanquin · litter · rickshaw · baggage · luggage · load
One who owns debt securities
- couponCertificate for reduced price
- debentureUnsecured debt instrument
- securityProtection from threat
- payeePerson owed payment
holder · instrument · negotiable · promissory · cheque · draft · certificate · maturity
Measure of heaviness
- loadCarried weight or burden
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- onusResponsibility one bears
strain · encumbrance · hardship · endurance · shouldering · carrying · sustaining · support
One who maintains something
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- sustainerOne who preserves
- maintainerOne who preserves condition
- advocatePublic cause supporter
defender · backer · patron · proponent · pillar · bulwark · mainstay · anchor
One who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- legateeRecipient of bequest
- granteeReceiver of awarded funds
- successorOne who replaces another
devisee · recipient · claimant · assignee · inheritance · bequest · entitlement · birthright
herald
Official news announcer
dispatch · runner · page · crier · talebearer · go-between · intermediary · announcer · proclaimer · tidings
porter
Baggage carrier or dark brew
transporter · pallbearer · torchbearer · palanquin · litter · rickshaw · baggage · luggage · load · cargo
bondholder
One who owns debt securities
payee · holder · instrument · negotiable · promissory · cheque · draft · certificate · maturity · yield
weight
Measure of heaviness
- loadCarried weight or burden
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- obligationRequired task or commitment
onus · strain · encumbrance · hardship · endurance · shouldering · carrying · sustaining · support · yoke
upholder
One who maintains something
- championTop competitor, or advocate
- sustainerOne who preserves
- maintainerOne who preserves condition
advocate · defender · backer · patron · proponent · pillar · bulwark · mainstay · anchor · foundation
heir
One who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- legateeRecipient of bequest
- granteeReceiver of awarded funds
successor · devisee · recipient · claimant · assignee · inheritance · bequest · entitlement · birthright · patrimony
flower
Plant's reproductive organ
vine · yield · crop · harvest · prolific · fertile · productive
- messengersmessenger, courier, couriers, herald, heralds
- Anglo-Indiansahib, memsahib, wallah, pukka, raj
- British IndiaBritish Raj, East India Company, viceroy, Raj, governor-general
- British RajBritish Raj, British India, East India Company, viceroys, governors
- letterpressletterpress, movable type, metal type, galley, composing stick
- Indian occupationsayah, coolie, sepoy, rickshaw driver, peon
bearerreceiver
One who accepts transmission
recipient · acceptor · addressee · consignee · beneficiary
bearershirker
One who avoids duty
unburdened · imposer · freeloader · passenger · free rider
- teddy bearsPlush toy mammals
- polar bearsWhite Arctic marine mammals
- bear upWithstand adversity courageously
- bear hugTight, enveloping embrace
- gummy bearChewy animal-shaped confection
- bear in mindKeep in awareness
bear, bearing, bears, overbearing, bearable, unbearable, forbearance, forbear, bearers