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STRETCHER-BEARER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stretcher-bearer mean? 

STRETCHER-BEARER (noun)
  The noun STRETCHER-BEARER has 1 sense:

1. one who helps carry a stretcherplay

  Familiarity information: STRETCHER-BEARER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STRETCHER-BEARER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

One who helps carry a stretcher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

litter-bearer; stretcher-bearer

Hypernyms ("stretcher-bearer" is a kind of...):

attendant; attender; tender (someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another)


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