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
There I was joined by a stretcher-bearer and we went through the gate into the large garden where we saw the still smoking hole in the ground which the shell had made.
From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George
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