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hospital ship

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noun

a ship built to serve as a hospital, especially used to treat the wounded in wartime and accorded safe passage by international law.

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Nearby words

  1. hospital formulary,
  2. hospital gangrene,
  3. hospital light,
  4. hospital pass,
  5. hospital record,
  6. hospital train,
  7. hospitaler,
  8. hospitalers,
  9. hospitalet,
  10. hospitalism

Origin of hospital ship

First recorded in 1675–85
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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