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Another promenader brushed him with his boot and knocked him over, but he doggedly continued on his way.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, May 21, 1919 by Various

He was a colonel in the Spanish army, however, and Comandante of the Presidio—for the promenader in question was Vizcarra himself.

From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by Evans, L.

The promenader in the yellow coat evidently did not belong in the quarter, and probably did not belong in Paris, for he was ignorant as to this detail.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

There is no noise; this quarter is deserted; only now and then is heard the voice of some promenader which reverberates as under the vault of a church.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

"Gordy," said the promenader with the prominent teeth, "Gordy."

From Tales of the Jazz Age by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)