stroller

[stroh-ler]

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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.

Origin of stroller

First recorded in 1600–10; stroll + -er¹

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Related Words for stroller

buggy, perambulator, pram

Examples from the Web for stroller

Contemporary Examples of 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
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
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
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
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

Historical Examples of stroller

The stroller tried a simple ruse, and nigh lost his feet in doing it.
Robin Hood
Paul Creswick
Before them fled the stroller and his three sons, capless and terrified.
Robin Hood
Paul Creswick
"A sign that we will be proper friends," replied the stroller.
Robin Hood
Paul Creswick
That's why he moved—he moved in that trailer, in that stroller.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The carriages grow fewer, the shadowy figures hurry by and touch the stroller lightly.
The Immortal
Alphonse Daudet

British Dictionary definitions for stroller

stroller

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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Word Origin and History for stroller

"child's push-chair," 1920, agent noun from stroll (v.).