bearers
Coffin procession walkers
Bearers are people who carry something.
Pallbearers carry a coffin.
Standard-bearers carry flags or, figuratively, represent causes.
A bearer of bad news delivers it.
In finance, bearer refers to whoever physically holds a document: a bearer bond or bearer check is payable to whoever presents it, not a named person.
Those who carry baggage
- pallbearersFuneral procession carriers
- litterScattered waste or debris
- palanquinPortable enclosed litter
- sherpasExpert expedition guides
Funeral procession carriers
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- funeralService honoring the dead
- cortegeCeremonial attendant procession
regalia · vestments · procession · rites
Those who convey communications
- heraldsMessengers who announce
- harbingersSignals of what's ahead
- announcersThose who narrate events
- informantsPeople providing secret intelligence
Load-bearing vertical structures
- columnsUpright structural shafts
- beamsRays or supports
- joistsHorizontal building beams
- girdersHorizontal structural supports
structural · foundation · framework · buttress · brace · truss · stanchion · struts
Owners of debt securities
- policyholdersThose owning insurance contracts
- ticket-holdersPeople with entry passes
- cardholdersThose possessing payment cards
- office-holdersPeople in official positions
porters
Those who carry baggage
- pallbearersFuneral procession carriers
- litterScattered waste or debris
- palanquinPortable enclosed litter
sherpas · caddies · couriers · messengers · water-carriers
pallbearers
Funeral procession carriers
- processionalCeremonial entrance music
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- funeralService honoring the dead
cortege · regalia · vestments · procession · rites
messengers
Those who convey communications
- heraldsMessengers who announce
- harbingersSignals of what's ahead
- announcersThose who narrate events
pillars
Load-bearing vertical structures
girders · structural · foundation · framework · buttress · brace · truss · stanchion · struts · rafters
bondholders
Owners of debt securities
- policyholdersThose owning insurance contracts
- ticket-holdersPeople with entry passes
- cardholdersThose possessing payment cards
office-holders · record-holders · shareholders · stakeholders
- bringersmessengers, carriers, couriers, deliverers, porters
bearersreceivers
Those who accept transmissions
recipients · accepters · takers · addressees · beneficiaries
bearersimposers
Those who force upon
loaders · dependents · shirkers · delegators
- ring bearerWedding attendant carrying bands
- flag bearerPerson carrying ceremonial banner
- standard bearerOne representing a cause
- bearer of bad newsMessenger of misfortune
- torch bearerOne who carries fire
- stretcher bearersThose who carry patients