perambulator

perambulator [per-am-byuh-ley-ter] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for perambulator on Thesaurus.com noun

1. baby carriage.
2. an odometer pushed by a person walking.
3. a person who makes a tour of inspection on foot.

Origin of perambulator 1605–15; Medieval Latin: inspector, surveyor; see perambulate, -tor Related Words for perambulator hiker, cradle, crib, perambulator, pram, buggy, pedestrian, stroller, wayfarer, bus, vehicle, train, car, stage, victoria, charabanc, chaise, carriage, pushchair, ambulator Examples from the Web for perambulator 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

1. a formal word for pram 1
2. a wheel-like instrument used by surveyors to measure distances

Word Origin and History for perambulator n.

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