单词 | underbearer |
释义 | underbearer in British English (ˈʌndəˌbɛərə) noun US dialect a pallbearer pallbearer in British English (ˈpɔːlˌbɛərə) noun a person who carries or escorts the coffin at a funeral underbearer in American English (ˈundərˌbɛərər) noun (in Nova Scotia) a pallbearer Word origin [1690–1700; under- + bearer]This word is first recorded in the period 1690–1700. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: additive, catamaran, dogwatch, migrate, smashunder- is a prefixal use of under, as to indicate place or situation below or beneath (underbrush; undertow); lower in grade or dignity (undersheriff; understudy); of lesser degree, extent, or amount (undersized); or insufficiency (underfeed) |
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