Definitions for stretcher-bearer

stretcher-bearer stretch·er-bear·er

Spelling: [strech-er-bair-er]
IPA: /ˈstrɛtʃ ərˌbɛər ər/

Stretcher-Bearer is a 16 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 904 anagrams from letters in stretcher-bearer (-abceeeehrrrrstt).

Definitions for stretcher-bearer

noun

  1. a person who helps carry a stretcher, as in removing wounded from a battlefield.

Origin of stretcher-bearer

First recorded in 1875-80

Examples for stretcher-bearer

The stretcher-bearer told me that he had five bullet-holes in him.

A stretcher-bearer turned up in a minute or two; then another.

Can we wonder if now and then a stretcher-bearer is struck down?

These sketches by a stretcher-bearer are extraordinarily clear and actual.

The stretcher-bearer flushed and shuffled his feet awkwardly.

They carry it like a stretcher, though they're missing one stretcher-bearer.

Afterwards I learned the stretcher-bearer, by his action, had saved my life.

He acted in turns as a galloper, as a water-carrier, and as a stretcher-bearer.

And he fetches a small sandbag and gives it to the stretcher-bearer.

Nor the stretcher-bearer's cry, "Let that body be, he's dead!"

Word Value for stretcher-bearer
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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