stroller

[ stroh-ler ]

/ ˈstroʊ lər /

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noun

a person who takes a leisurely walk; saunterer.

a wanderer; vagrant.

an itinerant performer.

a four-wheeled, often collapsible, chairlike carriage in which small children are pushed.

Words nearby stroller

stroke oar, stroke play, stroke volume, stroke work index, stroll, stroller, stroma, stromateid, stromateoid, stromatolite, stromboli

Origin of stroller

First recorded in 1600–10; stroll + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for stroller

I parked the stroller at the base of the metal slide and wrestled Julia in her bulky snowsuit out of the belted contraption.
When An Adopted Child Won’t Attach|Tina Traster|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I put her back into the stroller and trudged uphill back to the apartment, stunned.
When An Adopted Child Won’t Attach|Tina Traster|May 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She learned that somebody had fired at a man pushing a stroller and ended up killing a 1-year-old boy.
The Story of an Unsung 9/11 Hero|Michael Daly|September 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A 15-year-old Bronx girl was wounded while pushing a baby in a stroller to safety.
Ray Kelly Has to Run for New York City Mayor. How Could He Not?|Michael Daly|June 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Then, West says, the boys walked over to the stroller—and shot her baby.
Could Facebook Have Prevented the Georgia Baby Shooting?|Joshua DuBois|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A stroller he was, of course, but not a minstrel in any other sense than as a keeper of a rhyming diary.
Literary Celebrities of the English Lake-District|Frederick Sessions
The stroller felt himself swiftly thrust downward, and as they both fell together it was he who went undermost.
Robin Hood|Paul Creswick
The carriages grow fewer, the shadowy figures hurry by and touch the stroller lightly.
The Immortal|Alphonse Daudet
In a stroller and as I would walk up to it and try to talk to it, she just acted as if she was scared to death.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The London theatres reopened under royal patronage, and in the provinces the stroller was abroad.
A Book of the Play|Dutton Cook

British Dictionary definitions for stroller

stroller

/ (ˈstrəʊlə) /

noun

US, Canadian and Australian a usually collapsible chair-shaped carriage in which a small child may be wheeledAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries) buggy 1, pushchair

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stroller

noun

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Origin of stroller

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British Dictionary definitions for stroller

noun