pallbearer

noun

pall·bear·er ˈpȯl-ˌber-ər

: a person who helps to carry the coffin at a funeral

also : a member of the escort or honor guard of the coffin who does not actually help to carry it

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Through photos and letters, the duo learned that the ornate sculpture had been made to commemorate the hats that Felder and the other pallbearers left at Kennedy’s grave. —

Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024 So on Thursday, when a sea of green t-shirts poured out at the pace of pallbearers onto the Coliseum’s pedestrian bridge following the A’s final day in Oakland, there was no sign of Bobbitt, who’d left hours earlier. —

Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024 Sean Monahan, who played nine seasons with Gaudreau during their tenures on the Calgary Flames and was a pallbearer at Gaudreau’s funeral earlier this month, wore a Johnny Gaudreau t-shirt while speaking with reporters at the event. —

Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024 His funeral at Washington’s storied New York Avenue Presbyterian Church was attended by President Calvin Coolidge, and Dulles was among his pallbearers. —

Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pallbearer