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stroller

stroller

4 2.3
A person who walks slowly for pleasure
  • noun
  • /ˈstroʊlər/
translation icon : paseante
  • Many strollers were enjoying an afternoon on the Mall.

And yeah, knowing who your audience is, who are streakers, strollers and students.

Examples

  • On sunny afternoons, many strollers visit the park to enjoy the gentle breeze.

  • Early morning strollers often greet each other as they take their leisurely walks along the beach.

  • Baudelaire presents himself in the familiar role of a stroller.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The walkways were crowded with evening strollers.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Throughout the park were pleasant paths for summertime strollers.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Twenty stories below, a river of lunch-hour strollers flowed south.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The breeze had freshened, and leaves were whirling down on the lawns, on the pools, and on afternoon strollers like the two young Israelis.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Park Avenue under the gold, squared-off top of the Pan Am Building was busy with strollers and prosperous-seeming people climbing in and out of taxicabs, going about their various sensible affairs.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The quiet riverside path is popular among strollers looking to relax and take in the scenery.

Synonyms

walker
vsstroller
33 1.0

A person who moves on foot for exercise or pleasure

is narrower, referring to slow relaxed movement done for pleasure
ambler
vsstroller
2 6.8

A person who walks slowly for pleasure

focuses more on relaxed pace rather than the pleasure purpose
saunterer
vsstroller
7.7

A person who walks slowly and enjoys the view

is mainly used when movement is for enjoyment not necessity
promenader
vsstroller
  • Archaic
4.7

A person who walks for pleasure in a public place

is used for slow leisure movement not limited to public places

How Fast

runner
241 1.0
jogger
24 1.0
walker
33 1.0
stroller
4 2.3
dawdler
1 7.1

Surface Forms

stroller singular
strollers plural

Morphology

stroller = stroll (transparent) = stroll + er

Standard agent nominalization from the verb 'stroll' indicating a person who strolls; directly predictable for learners familiar with '-er' agent suffixes.

Etymology

Stroller comes from the verb stroll 'to walk slowly' plus the ending -er 'one who'. So a stroller is a person who walks at a slow, relaxed pace for pleasure.