perambulator

noun

per·​am·​bu·​la·​tor pə-ˈram-byə-ˌlā-tər How to pronounce perambulator (audio)
for sense 2 also ˈpram-
Synonyms of perambulatornext
1
: one that perambulates
2
chiefly British : a baby carriage

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counts himself among that select group of hikers who are perambulators of the entire Appalachian Trail nannies pushing perambulators around London's Hyde Park
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Scilla caught up to this unlikely perambulator in a few strides. — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 7 June 2021 One perambulator holding big packages and a sleeping red-haired baby clutching the strings of two round, red balloons. — Robert Richardson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022 Maple leaves like dinner plates have blown up against the high tread of the sidewalks, and bicycles and perambulators are too tall to climb onto or into. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2019 In a 1923 address to the British Royal Society of the Arts, one Samuel Sewell chided his fellow-researchers for having failed to research the history of a device as common and useful as the ubiquitous perambulator, or pram. — Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022

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First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of perambulator was in 1611

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perambulator

noun
per·​am·​bu·​la·​tor pə-ˈram-byə-ˌlāt-ər How to pronounce perambulator (audio)
1
: one that perambulates
2
chiefly British : a baby carriage
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