bearer
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bearer/ˈbeərə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 a person or thing that carries something.
- 2 a person who presents a cheque or other order to pay money.
■ [as modifier] payable to the possessor: bearer bonds.
'bearer' also found in these Oxford entries:
achievement
- amphora
- Aquarius
- billet
- butler
- canting arms
- catamite
- clavier
- crozier
- cup-bearer
- dexter
- ensign
- escutcheon
- esquire
- pall-bearer
- -phore
- promissory note
- rebus
- sinister
- standard-bearer
- sword-bearer
- talon
- torch-bearer
- twit
