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LITTER-BEARER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does litter-bearer mean?
• LITTER-BEARER (noun)
The noun LITTER-BEARER has 1 sense:
1. one who helps carry a stretcher
Familiarity information: LITTER-BEARER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One who helps carry a stretcher
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
litter-bearer; stretcher-bearer
Hypernyms ("litter-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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