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stretcher-bearer

[ strech-er-bair-er ]
/ ˈstrɛtʃ ərˌbɛər ər /

noun

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

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Words nearby stretcher-bearer

stretch one's legs, stretch receptor, stretch reflex, stretch runner, stretcher, stretcher-bearer, stretchie, stretching course, stretchmarks, stretchout, stretchy

Origin of stretcher-bearer

First recorded in 1875–80
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British Dictionary definitions for stretcher-bearer

stretcher-bearer

noun

a person who helps to carry a stretcher, esp in wartime
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012