Perambulator

Quick meaning: Perambulator is a noun meaning (UK, Ireland, dated) A baby carriage.

Meaning

(UK, Ireland, dated) A baby carriage.

More Meanings

1. One who perambulates.
2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances, consisting of a wheel that rolls over the ground, along with a clockwork apparatus and a dial plate upon which the distance travelled is shown by an index.

Example Sentences

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.

"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.

On Queen Victoria buying numerous perambulators in 1846, their popularity soared, especially among the affluent in society. Faced with carrying growing numbers of them, railways began charging separately for their carriage from the late 1850s. […] Perambulator tickets remained until the late 20th century, although they came to be seen as a restriction on family travel.

Word Forms

• perambulators

Synonyms for perambulator

Depending on context, synonyms include pram, stroller, pusher, go-cart, pushchair.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stroller, pushchair, pram, go-cart, pusher, buggy.

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