perambulator

[ per-am-byuh-ley-ter ]
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noun
  1. Chiefly British: Older Use. a baby carriage; pram.

  2. an odometer pushed by a person walking.

  1. (formerly) a person who makes a tour of inspection on foot.

Origin of perambulator

1
First recorded in 1605–15; 1850–55 for def. 1; from Medieval Latin “inspector, surveyor”; from Latin perambulāt-, past participle stem of perambulāre “to ramble, stroll”; see origin at perambulate, -or;

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How to use perambulator in a sentence

  • Without a word he turned and followed, thoughtfully, the windings of the exiled perambulator.

    The Creators | May Sinclair
  • Alan indicated an empty perambulator standing outside one of the houses.

    Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie
  • When we get the perambulator and the babies, it's bound to go.

  • She was lying in a perambulator which was being pushed by a governess.

    Marguerite | Anatole France
  • The perambulator which we were following in silence came to a halt in the Bois Saint-Jean.

    Marguerite | Anatole France

British Dictionary definitions for perambulator

perambulator

/ (pəˈræmbjʊˌleɪtə) /


noun
  1. a formal word for pram 1

  2. a wheel-like instrument used by surveyors to measure distances

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