ambulette
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ambulette
First recorded in 1980–85; ambul(ance) + -ette
Example Sentences
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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.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2017
Three times a week, an ambulette would arrive to take him to the hospital’s dialysis center.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2011
With his aide’s help, Bill got into his wheelchair and departed with the ambulette driver.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2011
Investigators said his last rage may have been touched off by the refusal of his mother’s companion, Aleksandr Kuznetsov, 54, a private ambulette driver, to let him use his Lexus.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2011
Ten years ago, he said, he worked as a driver for an ambulette service and got lost on the south shore where he was supposed to pick up a patient at a nursing home.
From Washington Post
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