sanitarn.
/sanɪˈtɑː/ In Russia, a hospital attendant; spec. a medical orderly in the army.
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the world > health and disease > healing > healer > paramedic > [noun] > military paramedics
orderly1778
hospital steward1856
stretcher-man1874
stretcher-bearer1876
stretcher-party1884
hospital corps1899
hospital corpsman1901
sanitar1916
corpsman1941
the world > health and disease > healing > healer > non-medical worker > [noun] > hospital attendant
wardsman1896
porter1907
whitecoat1911
sanitar1916
ward orderly1946
ward aide1965
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > member of medical corps
mate1739
sanitar1916
corpsman1941
1916 H. Walpole Dark Forest i. i. 33 Then I came to Petrograd and through the English Embassy found a place in one of the hospitals, where I worked as a sanitar for three months.
1927 H. Walpole in Daily Express 21 Dec. 8/6 He was my servant during part of 1915, when I was a sanitar in the Russian army.
1933 H. Walpole Vanessa iv. 674 The sanitars began to dig a grave.
1974 F. Farmborough Nurse at Russian Front ii. 30 The 1st Letuchka, (Flying Column)..was staffed with four surgical sisters,..two doctors,..about 30 sanitars (ambulance orderlies) and an officer.
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