[ noun ] one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral <noun.person>
pallbearer \pall"bear*er\ (p[add]l"b[^a]r*[~e]r), n. One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.
At his father's funeral, he was asked by one of Ken's younger partners, a pallbearer, to come to the exchange.
Sean Kerly was both its herald and pallbearer.
The 6-foot-5 pro football player was a pallbearer at Ryan's funeral and helped raise money for the AIDS organization that bears the boy's name.
"He drove a hearse, picked up bodies and acted as a pallbearer," Pantoliano said.
An employee of the Gray Funeral Home in Wood River was the sole pallbearer.