stretcher-bearer

[ strech-er-bair-er ]

noun

1. a person who helps carry a stretcher, as in removing wounded from a battlefield.

stretcher-bearer

noun

1. a person who helps to carry a stretcher, esp in wartime

Word History and Origins

Origin of stretcher-bearer¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

They carry it like a stretcher, though they're missing one stretcher-bearer.

From The Daily Beast

And he fetches a small sandbag and gives it to the stretcher-bearer.

From Project Gutenberg

Well, you must wait ere, and Ill send a stretcher-bearer back, if yere not able to foot it on your own.

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I crawled up to him, and he was badly hit—the blood was pouring from his mouth, and he mumbled "Stretcher bearer."

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Before I got back with Bob the stretcher bearer from the trench had fixed Scottie up as well as he could.

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After awhile along came the Germans—the stretcher bearer saw them as they passed the entrance.

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