Thesaurus: Red Cross
an international organization that cares for the sick or wounded or homeless in wartime
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- n. an international organization that cares for the sick or wounded or homeless in wartime
- 1. The crusaders or the cause they represented. 2. A hospital or ambulance service established as a result of, though not provided for by, the Geneva convention of 1864; any of the national societies for alleviating the sufferings of the sick and wounded war, also giving aid and relief during great calamities; also, a member or worker of such a society; -- so called from the badge of neutrality; the Geneva cross.