1.
[syn: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart, pushchair, pusher]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Perambulator \Per*am"bu*la`tor\, n.
1. One who perambulates.
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2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It
consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the
ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate
upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See
Odometer.
[1913 Webster]
3. A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing; a baby
carriage; -- called also pram, in Britain.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ambulator \Am"bu*la`tor\, n.
1. One who walks about; a walker.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.)
(a) A beetle of the genus Lamia.
(b) A genus of birds, or one of this genus.
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3. An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also
perambulator. --Knight.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
perambulator
n 1: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child
is pushed around [syn: baby buggy, baby carriage,
carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart,
pushchair, pusher]