Usually means: Carrier of wounded in emergencies.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word stretcher-bearer:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. stretcher-bearer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. stretcher-bearer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. stretcher-bearer, stretcher-bearer: Collins English Dictionary
  4. stretcher-bearer: Vocabulary.com
  5. stretcher-bearer: Wordnik
  6. stretcher-bearer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. stretcher-bearer: Wiktionary
  8. stretcher-bearer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. stretcher-bearer: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. stretcher-bearer: Dictionary.com
  11. stretcher-bearer: Rhymezone
  12. stretcher-bearer: FreeDictionary.org
  13. stretcher-bearer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. stretcher-bearer: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stretcher-bearer: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stretcher-bearer: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A person who carries, or helps to carry, injured or dead people on a stretcher.

Similar:
litter-bearer, stretcher case, stretcherman, bearer, stretcher, underbearer, carrier, pallbearer, cross bearer, shoulderer, more...

Opposite:
combatant, soldier, fighter, warrior

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Similar:
litter-bearer, stretcher case, stretcherman, bearer, stretcher, underbearer, carrier, pallbearer, cross bearer, shoulderer, more...

Opposite:
combatant, soldier, fighter, warrior



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