ambo

noun5

1. •
   (informal) An ambulance.

   • Rawls: I don't want the fuckin' reporters seeing any ambos. Shit. — 2004
2. •
   A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches.

   • ‘It will get settled somehow,’ he thought, and went to the ambo. On going up the steps and turning to the right he saw the priest. — 1918
3. •
   A stationary podium used for readings and homilies.
4. •
   (slang) An ambassador.

   • The Ambo needed a sizable embassy support staff to hold his hand at every step of the way, […] — 2022
5. •
   (informal) An ambulance driver.