ambulant
Americanadjective
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moving about from place to place
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med another word for ambulatory
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ambulant
First recorded in 1645–55; from French , from Latin ambulant- (stem of ambulāns, present participle of ambulāre “to walk”); see origin at amble
Example Sentences
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Thomas Young won the men's 100m ambulant final in 11.19, and the women's 800m wheelchair event was won by Kare Adenegan in 2:12.87.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
PT2-5: These classes are for ambulant athletes whose impairments include loss of muscle strength, range of movement and loss of limbs.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2021
So in the beginning, he’s basically a kind of ambulant whiteboard?
From The Guardian ● Dec. 1, 2019
He, the ambulant id, must nurse his own offspring, and feel their teeth.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 13, 2016
Ahead of him, emerging from the wood in the dusk like a cluster of ambulant stars, came a herd of unicorns.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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