Bier (disambiguation)

Bier (disambiguation)

A bier is a flat frame used to carry a corpse to burial.

Bier may also refer to:

People

* August Bier (1861–1949), German surgeon and pioneer of anesthesiology

Other uses

* "Bier" is also the German and Dutch word for beer.


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