Wondering how to use Pallbearer in a sentence? Below are 4 example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as bearer or mourner.
Pallbearer meaning
- One called upon to carry or bear the coffin or the casket at a funeral.
- One who carries a corner of the pall over a coffin or casket.
Using Pallbearer
- The main meaning on this page is: One called upon to carry or bear the coffin or the casket at a funeral. | One who carries a corner of the pall over a coffin or casket.
- Useful related words include: bearer, mourner, griever, sorrower.
- In the example corpus, pallbearer often appears in combinations such as: honorary pallbearer.
Context around Pallbearer
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pallbearer
- In this selection, "pallbearer" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, honorary stand out and add context to how "pallbearer" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a pallbearer was widely and as honorary pallbearer. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pallbearer" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pallbearer
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Honorary pallbearer will be Noah Housewright. (6 words)
Wayne Brown of Tollesboro, Kentucky will serve as honorary pallbearer. (10 words)
Prost was a pallbearer at the Brazilian's funeral. citation Speaking four years after the Brazilian's death, Prost told Nigel Roebuck that he had "always refused to speak about him". (31 words)
McCain’s choice of the Russian dissident as a pallbearer was widely seen as a slap at then-President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican who was often criticized by the senator for what he saw as having a cozy relationship with Putin. (42 words)
Prost was a pallbearer at the Brazilian's funeral. citation Speaking four years after the Brazilian's death, Prost told Nigel Roebuck that he had "always refused to speak about him". (31 words)
Wayne Brown of Tollesboro, Kentucky will serve as honorary pallbearer. (10 words)
Example sentences (4)
McCain’s choice of the Russian dissident as a pallbearer was widely seen as a slap at then-President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican who was often criticized by the senator for what he saw as having a cozy relationship with Putin.
Honorary pallbearer will be Noah Housewright.
Wayne Brown of Tollesboro, Kentucky will serve as honorary pallbearer.
Prost was a pallbearer at the Brazilian's funeral. citation Speaking four years after the Brazilian's death, Prost told Nigel Roebuck that he had "always refused to speak about him".
Common combinations with pallbearer
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: