stretcher-bearer

[ strech-er-bair-er ]

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

Origin of stretcher-bearer

1
First recorded in 1875–80

Words Nearby stretcher-bearer

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How to use stretcher-bearer in a sentence

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

    Into the Jaws of Death | Jack O'Brien

British Dictionary definitions for stretcher-bearer

stretcher-bearer

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

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