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ambulant

[ am-byuh-luhnt ]

adjective

  1. moving from place to place; itinerant; shifting.
  2. Medicine/Medical. ambulatory ( def 4 ).


ambulant

/ ˈæmbjʊlənt /

adjective

  1. moving about from place to place
  2. med another word for ambulatory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • un·ambu·lant adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ambulant1

First recorded in 1645–55; from French , from Latin ambulant- (stem of ambulāns, present participle of ambulāre “to walk”); amble
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Example Sentences

There is another class of ambulant merchant who is a frequenter of this most animated of Tunis native quarter.

Occasionally an ambulant theatrical troupe gives an entertainment in our little theatre.

The product is bartered on the spot to the Chinese ambulant traders for other commodities.

Vidi cunctos viventes qui ambulant sub sole, cum adolescente secundo qui consurgit pro eo.

In Fig. 76 an ambulant secretary or public writer is seated at his little table, on which are the meager tools of his trade.

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