Cardbearer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who holds a membership card.

    "These cards were, therefore, a representation to the merchants (third parties) to whom they were presented that defendants' husbands (second parties — cardbearers) were authorized to make charges upon the defendants' (first parties) accounts."

Example

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"These cards were, therefore, a representation to the merchants (third parties) to whom they were presented that defendants' husbands (second parties — cardbearers) were authorized to make charges upon the defendants' (first parties) accounts."

Etymology

From card + bearer.

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