noun

• (India, dated) A domestic servant in charge of household goods and clothing; a valet.
  "The bar of the watch-guard worked through the buttonhole, and the watch—Platte's watch—slid quietly on to the carpet; where the bearer found it next morning and kept it."
• (India) A waiter in a hotel or restaurant.
• (dated) Someone who delivers a letter or message on behalf of another (especially as referred to in the letter or message).
  "[…] Wilt thou know Th’ effect of what I wrote? […] An earnest conjuration from the King, As England was his faithful tributary, […] That, on the view and knowing of these contents, Without debatement further, more or less, He should the bearers put to sudden death,"
• (printing) A strip of reglet or other furniture to bear off the impression from a blank page.