Stretcher-bearer (Noun)
Meaning
One who helps carry a stretcher.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The injured soldier was carefully lifted onto the stretcher by two skilled stretcher-bearers.
- As a volunteer stretcher-bearer, she played a crucial role in transporting patients to the hospital during the disaster.
- During the marathon, several medical teams with trained stretcher-bearers were stationed along the route to assist exhausted runners.
- In the heat of battle, the stretcher-bearer bravely navigated through the trenches to rescue the wounded soldier.
- A team of experienced stretcher-bearers from the Red Cross rushed to the scene to evacuate the injured civilians.