A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
*Bear-man, n. [f. bear Bere v.] A bearer. —1531 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 451 .
In the Candilmes processioun, . . the smithis and hemmirmen to furneis the bearmen of the Croce 1606 Birnie Kirkburial vii.
The last funerall duety appertained to the. . bear-men, whose peculiare calling was . . to cary their corps . . to the graue
