stretcher-bearer

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stretcher-bearer Meaning of "stretcher-bearer"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) one who helps carry a stretcher

Usage(s):

  1. Private Funk, pacifist at heart in the heart of a nation under arms, elects to be a stretcher-bearer and as such is sent to the Western Front.
  2. Deng stayed close to the Party after serving as a stretcher-bearer during the communist rebels' 1930s escape from Nationalist forces.
  3. A stretcher-bearer in World War I, he found a sort of solace in looking at cannons, planes and tanks.
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