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🦯 A crutch user 🦯 To help walk
crutcher

crutcher

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A person who uses crutches or helps others walk after a leg injury
  • noun
  • /ˈkrʌtʃər/
translation icon : persona que usa muletas
  • After his accident, Tom became a skilled crutcher, helping others regain their mobility with crutches.

Examples

  • During her recovery, Jenna relied on a crutcher to assist her in safely navigating her home.

  • The therapist worked as a crutcher, guiding patients through their rehabilitation with the use of crutches.

  • Just about any damned thing ever written by Chris Crutcher.

    Blog text (19)

  • In 1930, an educational survey prepared by C.L. Crutcher for the Bureau of Indian Affairs revealed that five of Lesa's children were of school age.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Just before press time, Yang announced plans to leave her job and accept a partnership at Los Angeles-based Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.

    Academic text (2006)

  • As the partner in charge of shepherding Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher of Los Angeles into the next century, Beard saw that the 650-lawyer firm could not sustain its growth and profitability without making some painful changes.

    Academic text (1998)

Surface Forms

crutcher singular
crutchers plural

Morphology

crutcher = crutch (transparent) = crutch + er

Clear agentive formation from 'crutch' plus '-er', and the meaning is readily understood as a person associated with crutches.

Etymology

Crutcher comes from the common word crutch plus the agent -er, so it literally means 'one who uses or gives crutches'. That's why a crutcher is a person who uses crutches or helps others regain their ability to walk.