: one holding a check, draft, bond, or other order for payment especially if marked payable to bearer—often used attributively
bearer bonds
Example Sentences
the bearer of a U.S. passport The check was marked “payable to bearer.”
Recent Examples on the WebEvolution operates by favoring, maybe infinitesimally, a behavioral variation that makes its bearer more likely to reproduce. Marlene Zuk, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2022 For all the nascent signs of Trump fatigue among Republicans—an important factor, in my view, for his defeat in 2020—it’s also clear that Democrats aren’t thrilled with Biden as their standard-bearer for 2024. Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 July 2022 When Massachusetts Republican Party activists huddle for their convention this weekend, their moderate standard-bearer for the last decade, Governor Charlie Baker, won’t be in Springfield. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2022 That left its stamp on the 2020 edition of the Democratic Party, notwithstanding their old-school standard-bearer, Joe Biden. Ruy Teixeira, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022 The Big 12 and now the Pac-12 are dealing with that painful reality, and Flugaur has had to be the bearer of bad news for countless fan bases who are in danger of being left out of the Big Ten and SEC endgame.Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Not to sound the alarm or be the bearer of bad news, but summer is slowly but surely coming to an end. Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 9 Aug. 2022 Sorry to be the bearer of bad news here, but after all of the above clues? Andy Meek, BGR, 8 July 2022 The monarch passed the baton to Paralympian Kadeena Cox, who became the first baton bearer of the 294-day relay that took the baton on a 90,000-mile journey to all 72 nations and territories of the Commonwealth before arriving in Birmingham. Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 28 July 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of bearer was before the 12th century