stretcher-bearer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stretcher-bearer
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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He was sent to Belgium in February 1915 and became a stretcher-bearer.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2016
A stretcher-bearer at Leeds general hospital commented on the award of his OBE: "They often say he's a bit of a twit. Us, we say he's a bit of a bloody saint."
From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2014
However, he spent most of his war in the dangerous role of stretcher-bearer, and doing it he died.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2014
Ambitious, ruthless Kit, who goes out as a stretcher-bearer, thinks of war as "a painting opportunity".
From The Guardian ● Aug. 10, 2012
He became a bandsman, then a stretcher-bearer, and eventually was detailed to assist in a cook-house—in cook-house terminology an 'off-sider.'
From Over the Top With the Third Australian Division by McBeath, Neil
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