ambulanciern.
/ˌambjᵿlənˈsɪə/, U.S. /ˌæmbjələnˈsɪ(ə)r/ Now historical.
A soldier or civilian volunteer in charge of a military ambulance or attached to an ambulance corps.Chiefly with reference to the French army, or to the American Ambulance Corps serving in France during the First World War (1914–18).
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1871 Times 11 Apr. 7/3 The firing recommenced vigorously, and none but those on duty as soldiers or ambulanciers were allowed to pass.
1898 C. A. Gordon Recoll. Thirty-nine Years Army xxvii. 245 From academies and medical schools students enrolled themselves as artillerymen and ambulanciers.
1918 Lytton (Iowa) Star 13 June Her nephew..served as an ambulancier in France.
1951 Amer. Q. 3 339 The ambulanciers' boast that they carried over half a million wounded.
2007 S. Arruda Serpent's Daughter (2008) xxi. 242 Perhaps he'd written to her about the American ambulancier that he was striving to impress.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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