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Encyclopedia Britannica



BEARER

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 578 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BAR-BEC
BEARER , strictly " one who carries," a
term
  used in
India
 
for a
palanquin
 -bearer, and now especially for a
body
 -servant. The
term
  is also used in connexion with military ambulances, and " bearer " companies formed
part
  of the Royal Army Medical Corps until amalgamated with the
field
 -hospitals to form
field
 -ambulances (1905). In banking and commerce the word is applied to the holder or presenter of a
cheque
  or draft not made payable to a specific person; it has also a technical use, as iri
printing
 , of anything that supports pressure in
machinery, &c.


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