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Red Cross

  1. a red Greek cross on a white ground (Geneva cross), emblem of neutrality in war, adapted from the Swiss flag, with colors reversed, and used since 1864 to mark hospitals, ambulances, etc., esp. in time of war
  2. an international society (in full International Red Cross) for the relief of suffering in time of war or disaster: its emblem is the Geneva cross
  3. any national branch of the International Red Cross

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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