An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
BEARER
carrier, bearer, toter
(noun) someone whose employment involves carrying something; “the bonds were transmitted by carrier”
holder, bearer
(noun) the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it; “the bond was marked ‘payable to bearer’”
bearer
(noun) a messenger who bears or presents; “a bearer of good tidings”
pallbearer, bearer
(noun) one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bearer (plural bearers)
One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
Someone who helps carry the coffin or a dead body during a funeral procession.
Synonym: pallbearer
One who possesses a cheque, bond, or other notes promising payment.
(India, dated) A domestic servant or palanquin carrier.
A tree or plant yielding fruit.
(dated) Someone who delivers a letter or message on behalf of another (especially as referred to in the letter or message).
(printing) A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page.
(printing) A type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.
Anagrams
• rebear
Source: Wiktionary
Bear"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. "Bearers of burdens." 2 Chron. ii. 18. "The bearer of unhappy news." Dryden.
2. Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer. Milton.
3. A palanquin carrier; also, a house servant. [India]
4. A tree or plant yielding fruit; as, a good bearer.
5. (Com.)
Definition: One who holds a check, note, draft, or other order for the payment of money; as, pay to bearer.
6. (Print.)
Definition: A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page; also, a type or type-high piece of metal interspersed in blank parts to support the plate when it is shaved.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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