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Red Cross

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What does Red Cross mean?

proper noun

  1. An international humanitarian organization that cares for the wounded, sick, and homeless.
  2. The symbol of this organization.
  3. An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
More meanings (1)

proper noun

  1. A town in North Carolina.

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I lectured in Santiago on the following evening for the British Red Cross and a Chilian naval charity.
Ernest Henry, Sir ShackletonSouth: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917Project Gutenberg ebook #5199
It is better known than other cases through its association with the International Red Cross at Geneva.
Victor LefebureThe Riddle of the Rhine: Chemical Strategy in Peace and WarProject Gutenberg ebook #1272
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The Patriotic Woman's League of the Red Cross built half of all the "arbors" of the colony found on the "Jungfernheide."
Bolton HallThree Acres and LibertyProject Gutenberg ebook #4509
When but fourteen years of age he served under the banner of the Red Cross in the war between the Turks and Servians, and is altogether an ardent patriot.
Thomas StevensAround the World on a Bicycle - Volume I From San Francisco to TeheranProject Gutenberg ebook #5136
In which event the safest thing the man can do is to join the army; and for the woman, possibly, to become a Red Cross nurse or go into a nunnery.
Jack LondonThe People of the AbyssProject Gutenberg ebook #1688