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am·bu·lance
\ˈambyələn(t)s, ˈaam-, chiefly substand -bəl-\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: French, field hospital, from ambulant itinerant, traveling (especially as used in the term hôpital ambulant field hospital, literally, traveling hospital), from Latin ambulant-, ambulans, present participle of ambulare to walk — more at amble
1. : a vehicle equipped for transporting wounded, injured, or sick persons or animals
2. : a passenger vehicle formerly used in the western United States |