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as in walker
a person who travels by foot for exercise or pleasure
counts himself among that select group of hikers who are perambulators of the entire Appalachian Trail
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as in buggy
chiefly British
a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in
nannies pushing perambulators around London's Hyde Park
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Recent Examples of perambulator
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.
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Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
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
Scilla caught up to this unlikely perambulator in a few strides.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 7 June 2021
The buskers have been banished; the perambulators have perished.
—Rachel Schallom, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2020
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
The carousel’s maker, the Charles W.F. Dare Company, of Brooklyn, N.Y., also manufactured children’s perambulators and toys, such as rocking horses.
—Michael Tortorello, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2017
But, happily, the American perambulators enjoying their walk beside the wall would need only peek through it to see drug dealers loading up a medieval siege weapon, allowing them to hastily run for cover.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 14 July 2017
Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
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
Scilla caught up to this unlikely perambulator in a few strides.
—Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 7 June 2021
The buskers have been banished; the perambulators have perished.
—Rachel Schallom, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2020
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
The carousel’s maker, the Charles W.F. Dare Company, of Brooklyn, N.Y., also manufactured children’s perambulators and toys, such as rocking horses.
—Michael Tortorello, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2017
But, happily, the American perambulators enjoying their walk beside the wall would need only peek through it to see drug dealers loading up a medieval siege weapon, allowing them to hastily run for cover.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 14 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perambulator
Noun
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From there, the road arises under the footsteps of the walker.—
Oleg Sadikov,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Start between 8:30-9:15 a.m. March 29, Winter Park Amtrak Station Parking Lot, 148 W. Morse Blvd., Winter Park, $4 per person, free for walkers ages 12 or younger who do not want credit, 407-491-1002, midfloridamilers.org. Plant Clinic: Bring your plants and ask questions.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Pokémon Scarlet and Violet were fantastic in their ideas, but dropped the ball in execution, with buggy, ugly, ill-performing games.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Lots of labored stuff about riding a buggy or a cart with all sorts of people dressed in costume running around him.—
Bill Wyman,
Vulture,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The pedestrian had been standing and walking on the outside shoulder of the eastbound lanes of Interstate 70, near the exit ramp to The Paseo, when an unknown car hit them, Gonzalez said.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2025
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And compared with something more pedestrian, like the Apple iMac, which uses a standard M4 processor, the difference in multicore processing performance is vast.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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No trace of the 10-foot pram used by Ralph has ever been found.—
Robert E. Houle,
Outdoor Life,
19 Feb. 2025
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Once upon a time, Ronaldo would have been prone to a strop — comically throwing his toys out of the pram and throwing his arms about as his team-mates looked on at one of the greatest players ever losing his head.—
Elias Burke,
The Athletic,
18 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Avocado organic crib mattress: $439 Avocado’s affordable organic crib mattress is made with organic cotton, wool and latex.—
Christopher Murray,
Fox News,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Problem With Baby Gear From car seats to cribs, every decision—especially for first-time parents—feels like a major one.—
Amanda Lauren,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At 20% off, now is the time to invest in a stroller that can handle everything from city streets to outdoor trails.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
3 Mar. 2025
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Of course, the idea of hauling your stroller into a cramped cafe or dealing with a shrieking baby at a girls’ lunch can be daunting for new parents.—
Carolyn L. Todd,
SELF,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Correspondent Serna Altschul looks at the history of strollers, prams and pushchairs, and at the designs and aesthetics of today's super-smooth strollers.—
David Morgan,
CBS News,
18 May 2024
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Riley’s custom pushchair, designed by Adaptive Star,has no gears but does have a safety brake to slow downhill runs.—
Diane Bell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2023
Noun
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As a young father pushed a baby carriage on a windy morning in Broward last week, streams of leaves and flowers cascaded down from a nearby towering oak tree.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2025
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Filmmakers from Denis Villeneuve to Brian De Palma have paid homage to the film's famous scene of a baby carriage careening down the staircase.—
Michael Robinson Chávez,
NPR,
6 Jan. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Perambulator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perambulator. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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