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# pallbearer

noun (a pallbearer, pallbearers)

«pallbearer» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. One of the people who carry the coffin at a funeral. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pallbearer/#m1)
2. A person who walks beside the coffin at a funeral as an honour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pallbearer/#m2)

### In the lessons

In life and church lessons about funerals, pallbearers are usually family members or close friends of the person who died; carrying the coffin is a sign of love and respect. Often there are six pallbearers. The "pall" is the cloth that covers a coffin.

### Examples

- Six pallbearers carried the coffin into the church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pallbearer/#x1)
- Grandad's grandsons were his pallbearers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pallbearer/#x2)
- Being a pallbearer is an honour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pallbearer/#x3)
- The pallbearers walked slowly and carefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pallbearer/#x4)
- At the soldier's funeral, the pallbearers wore uniforms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pallbearer/#x5)
- She asked her brothers to be pallbearers for their mum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pallbearer/#x6)

### Note

Countable. One word. "Pall" here means the cloth over a coffin; it is not the same word as "pal" (friend). A sad, respectful word; speak gently about funerals.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pallbearer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pallbearer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pallbearer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pallbearer.html) on Mova free.