What does perambulator mean?
Perambulator means (UK, Ireland, dated) A baby carriage..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(UK, Ireland, dated) A baby carriage..
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.
Use perambulator when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Perambulator means (UK, Ireland, dated) A baby carriage..
Common synonyms include pram, stroller, pusher, baby carriage.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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