Main Entry: am·bu·lance

Pronunciation: \ˈam-byə-lən(t)s, -bə- also -ˌlan(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