n.
Pronunciation: ' am-by ə -l ə n(t)s, -b ə - also - ˌ lan(t)s
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from ( hôpital ) ambulant, literally, ambulant field hospital, from ambulant itinerant, from Latin ambulant-, ambulans, present participle of ambulare
Date: 1809
: a vehicle equipped for transporting the injured or sick