noun
perambulator
Perambulator (noun) means (old-fashioned) A pram; a wheeled carriage for pushing a baby along in.
noun
1
(old-fashioned) A pram; a wheeled carriage for pushing a baby along in.
"The reapers were slowly trooping back to their work. The nurse-girl slapped one of her charges and then began to push the perambulator up the hill."
— Arthur Conan Doyle (1913)
""That will be all this afternoon," he said to the nurse, who got up with the baby and decanted it into a perambulator which was standing in the fairway."
— P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (1919)
2
Someone who walks or strolls about.
3
A wheeled tool that surveyors push along the ground to measure distance, showing the reading on a dial.
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What is the meaning of perambulator?
"perambulator" (noun) means (old-fashioned) A pram; a wheeled carriage for pushing a baby along in.
What is another word for perambulator?
Other words for "perambulator" include pusher, pushchair, carriage, pram, stroller.
What are the different meanings of perambulator?
"perambulator" has 3 main meanings: 1. (old-fashioned) A pram; a wheeled carriage for pushing a baby along in; 2. Someone who walks or strolls about; 3. A wheeled tool that surveyors push along the ground to measure distance, showing the reading on a dial.
