Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pallbearer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pallbearer \Pall"bear*er\, n.
One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called
from the pall being formerly carried by them.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pallbearer
n : one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral [syn: {bearer}]
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