the Red Cross
nounDefinition
› an international organization that takes care of people who are suffering because of war, hunger, disease, or other problems: The Red Cross is/are supplying medicine to the earthquake victims.Named organizations and societies and their membersCharity organizationsGenerous and charitable
(Definition of the Red Cross noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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