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Definition of "stretcher-bearer" []

  • One who helps carry a stretcher or litter. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "stretcher-bearer" in a sentence
  • "He served as a stretcher-bearer with the British Army."
  • "He served as a stretcher-bearer in WWI and then running canteens for soldiers in Dumfries during WWII."
  • "Tragically, in 1941, his mother was euthanized by the Nazis, and his father later killed serving in Hitler's war; in his late teens, Stockhausen himself was a stretcher-bearer for the Germans, witnessing horrific atrocities."