underbearern.

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2a(a). Compare bearer n. 1c.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: underˈbearer.

Now dialect and U.S.

One who assists in carrying the coffin at a funeral.

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the world > life > death > obsequies > people involved in funeral > [noun] > coffin- or bier-carrier

bier-carrier1654

underbearer1700

1700 S. Sewall Diary 23 Mar. (1973) I. 427 She is buried... The under-bearers were honest men.

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Underbearer, in funerals, those that sustain the weight of the body, distinct from those who are bearers of ceremony, and only hold up the pall.

1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. iii. 35 St. Jerom..informs us, that Bishops were what in modern Language we call Under~bearers at her Funeral.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. v. xl. 91 All th' under-bearers and pall-bearers as I'n picked for my funeral are i' this parish and the next to't.

1885 Cent. Mag. July 394/1 The ‘underbearers’, who carried the coffin,..were provided with plain gloves.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	underbearer
释义	underbearern. Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2a(a). Compare bearer n. 1c.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: underˈbearer. Now dialect and U.S. One who assists in carrying the coffin at a funeral. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > people involved in funeral > [noun] > coffin- or bier-carrier bier-carrier1654 underbearer1700 1700 S. Sewall Diary 23 Mar. (1973) I. 427 She is buried... The under-bearers were honest men. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Underbearer, in funerals, those that sustain the weight of the body, distinct from those who are bearers of ceremony, and only hold up the pall. 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. iii. 35 St. Jerom..informs us, that Bishops were what in modern Language we call Under~bearers at her Funeral. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. v. xl. 91 All th' under-bearers and pall-bearers as I'n picked for my funeral are i' this parish and the next to't. 1885 Cent. Mag. July 394/1 The ‘underbearers’, who carried the coffin,..were provided with plain gloves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1700
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