Red Cross

noun

: a red Greek cross on a white background used as the emblem of the International Red Cross

Examples of Red Cross in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sunday, March 30 Blood drive: The Community Church of Poway is hosting an American Red Cross blood drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 30 at 13501 Community Road. —Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025

American Red Cross The American Red Cross has been providing emergency assistance and disaster relief for over a century. —Simmone Shah, Time, 27 Mar. 2025

Other pilots have been tested in Kenya by the Kenya Red Cross Society. —Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2025

Beyond Los Angeles and North Carolina, in the first 50 days of 2025, Red Cross volunteers responded to more big disasters than days so far this year—the vast majority of which did not capture headlines but are no less devastating for affected families. —Trevor Riggen, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Red Cross

• across
• backcross
• crisscross
• lacrosse
• recross
• tomas
• albatross
• applesauce
• barabbas
• helios
• kshatriyas
• blas

Kids Definition

red cross

noun

: a red cross on a white background used as an emblem for hospitals and for an international organization that provides aid especially in areas of war or disaster

Medical Definition

Red Cross

noun

: a red Greek cross on a white ground adopted by the Geneva convention of 1864 as the emblem to identify noncombat installations, vehicles, and personnel ministering to the sick and wounded in war and now used as the emblem of the International Red Cross and its affiliates not only in war but in disaster relief and other humanitarian services