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Definition of Litter-bearer
1. Noun. One who helps carry a stretcher.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Litter-bearer
Literary usage of Litter-bearer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Sanitary Tactics: A Handbook on the Use of Medical by Edward Lyman Munson (1917)
"(2) The litter bearer section, composed of i medical officer ; 5 sergeants ; i
orderly ; and 40 Hospital Corps privates, with 20 litters. ..."
2. The Second Boer War, 1899-1900 by John Philip Wisser (1901)
"Litter Bearer Co. No. 17. Field Ambulance No. 11. 1 squadron 14th Hussars.
Field Batteries Nos. 74, 77 and 79 (6 guns each). Ammunition column (1 reserve ..."
3. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1899)
"litter-bearer furnished by musicians of the artillery school: d'ambulance, (Fr.a.)
litter-bearer belonging to field hospital (ambulance): caporal , (Fr. a. ..."
4. Hospitals, Dispensaries and Nursing: Papers and Discussions in the by Henry Mills Hurd (1894)
"He is thus qualified to enter on a more extensive field of duty than is offered
to a litter-bearer on the battlefield. Even in times of peace and slow ..."
5. Hospitals, Dispensaries and Nursing: Papers and Discussions in the by John Shaw Billings, Henry Mills Hurd (1894)
"He is thus qualified to enter on a more extensive field of duty than is offered
to a litter-bearer on the battlefield. Even in times of peace and slow ..."
6. Rainbow Memories: Character Sketches and History of the First Battalion by Alison Reppy (1919)
""For devotion to duty in the Champagne Sector and in the Aisne-Marne Offensive
when he (then a private) acted as a litter bearer. During the bombardment of ..."
7. Bulletin by Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, Thomas McAdory Owen (1904)
"Never at any time did we see a litter-bearer on the battle field at Franklin.
Either none were there, or else they shirked their duty in a cowardly manner, ..."
8. History of the First Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A. by Edward Young McMorries (1904)
"Never at any time did we see a litter-bearer on the battle field at Franklin.
Either none were there, or else they shirked their duty in a ..."
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