ambulette
noun
am·bu·lette
ˌam-byə-ˈlet 
: a van or similar vehicle equipped for transporting people with limited mobility (such as wheelchair-bound patients) in nonemergency situations
At the hospital, I … arranged for an ambulette to bring us to the apartment.—
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One defendant was accused of parking his Mercedes with a phony Law Department placard in a space reserved for an ambulette that transported people with disabilities to a health care facility, investigators said.
—James C. McKinley Jr., New York Times, 3 Oct. 2017
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James C. McKinley Jr., New York Times, 3 Oct. 2017
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“Ambulette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambulette. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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