His nephew was the 'ring bearer' [=the person who holds the rings until they are needed] at his wedding.
the 'bearer' of glad/bad tidings [=the person who brings good/bad news]
The 'bearers' [='porters'] carried our baggage up the mountain.
(..) ...legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years... ... the Ring passed out of all knowledge. Until,when chance came... ...it ensnared a new bearer. My precious. The Ring came to the creature Gollum... ... who took it deep into the tunnels of the Misty Mountains. It came to me. (..)2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring