stretcher-bearer

[ strech-er-bair-er ]

noun

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

Origin of stretcher-bearer

First recorded in 1875–80

Words Nearby stretcher-bearer

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How to use stretcher-bearer in a sentence

They carry it like a stretcher, though they're missing one stretcher-bearer.
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And he fetches a small sandbag and gives it to the stretcher-bearer.
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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."
Into the Jaws of Death | Jack O'Brien
Before I got back with Bob the stretcher bearer from the trench had fixed Scottie up as well as he could.
Into the Jaws of Death | Jack O'Brien

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

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

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