rambler
Americannoun
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a person, animal, or thing that rambles.
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any of several climbing roses having clusters of small flowers.
noun
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a weak-stemmed plant, esp any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation
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a person who rambles, esp one who takes country walks
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a person who lacks organization in his or her speech or writing
Etymology
Origin of rambler
Example Sentences
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Lewis, Jefferson’s private secretary, had grown up a rambler and a keen observer of the natural world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
It’s nothing like Chris’ shabby rambler in Earth Prime.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2025
Mr. Carter spends his days at the one-story rambler in Plains that he has owned for more than six decades, watched over by caregivers and visited by relatives who take turns making the pilgrimage.
From New York Times ● Feb. 17, 2024
Local Doug Simpson became interested after hearing about it from a fellow rambler, and then pinpointed its location amid overgrown vegetation.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2023
He was a rambler out of South Carolina and found his way to slave catching after a hardscrabble sequence: dockhand, collection agent, gravedigger.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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