perambulator
1
8.9
- noun
- /pəˈræmbjʊleɪtər/
- Archaic
:
cochecito
- Prism... you left Lord Bracknell's house... Number 104. Upper Grosvenor Street... in charge of a perambulator... that contained a baby of the male sex.
- push the perambulator
- old-fashioned perambulator
Examples
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Ein perambulator?
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I prepared, as usual... to take the baby out in its perambulator.
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Still remember you in that perambulator thing.
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Oh, I thought I was doing pretty well for a guy who has only been out of his perambulator a couple of days.
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In that wrecked perambulator out there and we're going to get it, Scott.
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They would each have a perambulator and a nanny.
Fiction book (1998) -
Beyond the barbed wire toward the town, the wives of the guard push perambulators.
Fiction book (1993) -
A few weeks later, through the elaborate investigations... of the metropolitan police... the perambulator was discovered at midnight... standing by itself in a remote corner of Bayswater.
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"Would you call that a dangerous animal?" asked Mr. Brown, pointing to Ermentrude, who was proudly rocking Marmaduke's perambulator back and forth and singing to herself, blowing little puffs of steam and smoke with every note.
Academic text (1997) -
On sunny days, I love to stroll through the park with my baby in the perambulator.
Synonyms
69
1.0
A small folding seat on wheels that you push a baby in
16
2.1
A small wheeled seat that you push to carry a baby
8
1.4
A small cart with four wheels that you push to carry a baby who is lying down or sitting
7
2.1
A small carriage on wheels for carrying a baby that you push
4
6.5
A small four-wheeled vehicle an adult uses to push a baby
3
2.5
A small wheeled vehicle for carrying things or young children
2
1.0
A small vehicle with four wheels that an adult pushes to carry a baby
1
1.7
A small seat on wheels for pushing a baby or small child
A small wheeled seat for pushing a baby or young child
How Big
- Archaic
1
8.9
- US
69
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
perambulator = perambulate (semi-transparent) = perambulate + or
Formally built from 'perambulate' + '-or' (an agent/instrument), but the common British meaning 'baby carriage' is a specialized extension that learners may not derive directly from the verb.
Etymology
The word perambulator comes from the parts per- ('through' or 'around') and ambulare ('to walk'), the same root as in the English word amble ('to walk slowly'). It first meant 'someone who walked around' and later was used for a baby carriage that 'walks' the child, so a perambulator is a vehicle for taking a baby out for a walk.