ambo
Americannoun
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ambos
plural
noun
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an ambulance driver
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an ambulance
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of ambo
First recorded in 1635–45; from Medieval Latin ambō(n), from Greek ámbōn “edge, rim, pulpit”
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There is also an entirely new "ambo" team that has been created to care for the patients who can't even get into the corridors.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2023
Claire Fraser is the senior sister heading the day's "ambo" team.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2023
He chooses two numbers every week, according to what occurs to him as though he were going in for an ambo and, instead of buying a ticket, puts four soldi into an earthenware money-box.
From Diversions in Sicily by Henry Festing Jones
And Seward and Blair, who owe their position to their anti-slavery principles, arcades ambo, try now to save something of slavery, and turn against Stanton.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
The pulpit itself is supported on twelve granite columns, while the four supports of the opposite ambo are the very rare black porphyry called Porfido Nero-Bianco.
From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration Vol 1, No. 9 1895 by Various
I awoke up surrounded by police and ambos, concerned flatmates.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 19, 2019
The pavement as well as the work upon these two ambos is in the style of the Cosmati.
From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration Vol 1, No. 9 1895 by Various
The pulpits and ambos chosen for the illustrations in this issue of The Brochures are mainly interesting for their wonderful mosaic decorations which are among the finest of their kind which have ever been executed.
From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration Vol 1, No. 9 1895 by Various
Its two ambos stand on each side of the raised portion of the floor which corresponds to the choir in the Basilica of Honorius.
From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration Vol 1, No. 9 1895 by Various
"And—and"—here he hesitated, and his voice shook and trembled with the most intense and heart—crushing emotion—"y una mas cara que ambos?"
From Tom Cringle's Log by Michael Scott
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