pallbearer

«pallbearer» in Mova's school dictionary: One of the people who carry the coffin at a funeral — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a pallbearer, pallbearers)

meaning for a pupil

1) One of the people who carry the coffin at a funeral. tree →

2) A person who walks beside the coffin at a funeral as an honour. tree →

sense 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 →
• Grandad's grandsons were his pallbearers. tree →
• Being a pallbearer is an honour. tree →
• The pallbearers walked slowly and carefully. tree →
• At the soldier's funeral, the pallbearers wore uniforms. tree →
• She asked her brothers to be pallbearers for their mum. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• Pallbearers carry the coffin; they may be family, friends or people who work for the funeral director.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pallbearer» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.