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Definition of Pallbearers
1. pallbearer [n] - See also: pallbearer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pallbearers
Literary usage of Pallbearers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Marshall Everett (1904)
"BOYS AS pallbearers. At the home of Ludwig Wolff, 1329 Washington boulevard ...
Twelve boys acted as pallbearers to their late playfellows, and followed the ..."
2. The Democratic Party of the State of Ohio: A Comprehensive History of by Thomas Edward Powell, James E. Campbell, Claude Meeker, H. A. Jameson (1913)
"1908, and the honorary pallbearers at his funeral were Judson Harmon, Congressman
MR Denver, Senator Isaac Huffman and Michael Devanney. ..."
3. Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death by Frederic William Henry Myers (1903)
"During the dream he selected the pallbearers, and seemed to be conscious of all
... He said that he dreamt that he died and chose his pallbearers, ..."
4. Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death by Frederic William Henry Myers (1903)
"The pallbearers of the dream will be the pallbearers at his burial, Monday, ...
During the dream he selected the pallbearers, and seemed to be conscious of ..."