private ambulance

Meanings

nounprivate ambulance (plural private ambulances)

UKstrictlyA privately-owned non-emergency vehicle, generally used for scheduled patient transport or the transportation of the deceased to a mortuary.
UKbroadlyAny vehicle which is not a hearse that is used to transport dead bodies for legitimate reasons.
UKUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see private, ambulance.

Also see

From private + ambulance, due to such vehicles being privately-owned, rather than under the ownership of the UK's National Health Service.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “private ambulance,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/private%20ambulance.