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 .