Meaning & use

perambulator

noun·Advanced

A formal, chiefly British term for a baby carriage pushed on wheels.

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The nanny wheeled the perambulator slowly along the gravel paths of the park.

In old photographs, the family perambulator looked far heavier than modern strollers.

A note on using this word

Now mostly replaced by the shortened form 'pram' in everyday British English.

Words with a similar meaning

prambaby carriage

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