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ambulance

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. ambulance (noun)
  2. ambulance chaser (noun)
  3. field ambulance (noun)

am·bu·lance

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

Definition of AMBULANCE

: a vehicle equipped for transporting the injured or sick
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Origin of AMBULANCE

French, from (hôpital) ambulant, literally, ambulant field hospital, from ambulant itinerant, from Latin ambulant-, ambulans, present participle of ambulare
First Known Use: 1809

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