A formal or elaborate argumentative discourse, oral
or written; a disquisition; an essay; a discussion; as, Dissertations
on the Prophecies.
1. One who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries. "Bearers of burdens." 2 Chron. ii. 18. "The bearer of unhappy news." Dryden. 2. Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer. Milton. 3. A palanquin carrier; al...