AMBULANCE


Meaning of AMBULANCE in English

■ noun a vehicle equipped for taking sick or injured people to and from hospital.

■ verb convey in an ~.

Origin

C19: Fr., from hôpital ambulant 'mobile field hospital', from L. ambulant- (see ambulant ).

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