Meanings
nounhospital ship (plural hospital ships)
plural hospital ships
- A ship that is intended to serve as a mobile hospital with appropriate equipment and personnel.
The Leinster has been in use as a hospital ship and a transport, but is now released and is refitting for her regular service.
1946 March and April, “Notes and News: Anglo-Irish Steamship Fleets”, in Railway Magazine, page 118
Translations
Dutch hospitaalschip
- hospitaalschiphospital ship
Finnish sairaalalaiva
- sairaalalaivahospital ship
French navire-hôpital, navire hôpital
- navire-hôpitalhospital ship
- navire hôpitalhospital ship
German Lazarettschiff
- Lazarettschiffhospital ship
Hebrew אֳנִיַּת בֵּית חוֹלִים
- אֳנִיַּת בֵּית חוֹלִים (oniyat beit kholim)hospital ship
Hungarian kórházhajó
- kórházhajóhospital ship
Russian госпита́льное су́дно
- госпита́льное су́дно (gospitálʹnoje súdno)hospital ship
Swedish lasarettsfartyg
- lasarettsfartyghospital ship
Cite this entry
APA
hospital ship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hospital%20ship
MLA
“hospital ship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hospital%20ship. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hospital ship,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hospital%20ship.
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