perambulator

[per-am-byuh-ley-ter]

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noun

baby carriage.

an odometer pushed by a person walking.

a person who makes a tour of inspection on foot.

Origin of perambulator

1605–15; < Medieval Latin: inspector, surveyor; see perambulate, -tor

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Related Words for perambulator

hiker, cradle, crib, perambulator, pram, buggy, pedestrian, stroller, wayfarer, bus, vehicle, train, car, stage, victoria, charabanc, chaise, carriage, pushchair, ambulator

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Historical Examples of perambulator

I ain't a baby, nor a perambulator neither, to be pushed about by you.
Archie's Mistake
G. E. Wyatt
Poor Dahlia, she'll be frightened when she sees the perambulator gone.
Once a Week
Alan Alexander Milne
Mr. Trew gazed for a few moments at a baby in a perambulator.
Love at Paddington
W. Pett Ridge
Fort stood at the end of the perambulator, and looked at that other fellow's baby.
Saint's Progress
John Galsworthy
With his foot he drew the perambulator a little nearer to him.
Old Valentines
Munson Aldrich Havens

British Dictionary definitions for perambulator

perambulator

noun

a formal word for pram 1

a wheel-like instrument used by surveyors to measure distances

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Word Origin and History for perambulator

1610s, "one who perambulates," agent noun in Latin form from perambulate. Sense of "baby carriage" is first recorded 1856; often colloquially shortened to pram.