bearer

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈbɛrɚ/ UK /ˈbɛərə/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a person who carries or holds something

The bearer of bad news is seldom thanked for the delivery.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who carries or... carrier holder porterconveyormessenger

Word family

Related forms bear bearing

Etymology

From bear ('to carry', Old English beran) plus the agentive suffix -er.

beran Old English *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

# bearer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈbɛrɚ
**IPA (UK):** ˈbɛərə

## Meanings
1. a person who carries or holds something

## Examples
- The bearer of bad news is seldom thanked for the delivery.

## Synonyms
- carrier
- holder
- porter
- conveyor
- messenger

## Related Forms
- bear
- bearing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: beran
- Root: *bʰer-

## Etymology
From bear ('to carry', Old English beran) plus the agentive suffix -er.

## AI Etymology
Bearer is a noun meaning "a person who carries or holds something". Historically, it is from bear ('to carry', Old English beran) plus the agentive suffix -er. The visible construction is part of the etymology: bearer is not just an unanalyzed simple word. The modern meaning, "a person who carries or holds something", follows the base word through the added English ending. The historical chain links Old English beran with Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Close English family members include bear, and bearing.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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