brancardier

noun

bran·​car·​dier

bräⁿkȧrdyā

plural brancardiers

"

: stretcher bearer

Word History

Etymology

French, from brancard stretcher, from Middle French, from Middle French dialect (Normandy), large branch, augmentative of branque branch, from Late Latin branca

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