| 单词 | bearer corps |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbearer corps e. Army (chiefly British and in former British colonies). Originally, in the British Indian Army: a doolie bearer (see doolie n. 1). Later: a stretcher bearer; esp. a soldier whose duty is to carry the wounded on a stretcher from the battlefield to an ambulance or a field hospital. Frequently as modifier denoting a division of an army, in bearer company, bearer corps. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > medical division bearer company1810 RAMC1898 1810 W. S. Greene Code Pay Reg. Var. Mil. Establishments 171 To each European Regiment, and to each Regiment of Native Cavalry, and to each Battalion of Native Infantry, in Cantonments, and in the Field, will be allowed one Sirdar Bearer.., and Five Bearers for each Doolie. 1870 Standard 23 Aug. 6/5 If brigaded together, the bearer corps being tripled in number, a commandant would have to be appointed. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 352/1 The bearer company..is composed of three officers, thirteen non-commissioned officers, and forty-eight privates of the Royal Army Medical Corps, with a detachment of the Army Service Corps for transport duties. 2015 M. Johnston Stretcher-bearers 10 Misunderstandings about the use of red cross flags occasionally led to bearers being shot, but there were many more occasions when bearers were deliberately attacked. < as lemmas |
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