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stroller|ˈstrəʊlə(r)|
[f. stroll v. + -er1.]
One who strolls.
1. A vagabond, vagrant; an itinerant beggar or pedlar. Now chiefly Sc.
1679Oldham Sat. Jesuits ii. (1681) 26 These are..Romes Strowlers, who survey each Continent, Its trinkets, and commodities to vent. 1694N. H. Ladies Dict. 303/1 For she that is a Diver or Pick-pocket is an infallible Stroler or Night-walker. 1697Vanbrugh Relapse iv. vi, I'm a Justice of the Peace, and know how to deal with Strolers. 1706Swift Baucis & Phil. 11 Where, in the Strolers canting Strain, They begg'd from Door to Door in vain. 1796H. Hunter tr. St. Pierre's Stud. Nat. (1799) I. 61 The Patagonian is perpetually a stroller, for he lives entirely by hunting and fishing. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxxii, Who are you, young woman?..and what do you do in this country, and in such company?—We allow no strollers or vagrants here. 1855[J. D. Burn] Autobiog. Beggar Boy (1859) 16, I can well remember the marked difference in the etiquette of the English and Scottish beggars; at that time, the manners and habits of these strollers were as different as it is well possible to conceive. 1856P. Kennedy Banks Boro xii. (1867) 48 We found the large fireplace provided with its retinue of labourers and servants, and a few of the half-witted strollers through the country.
transf.1709Swift Advanc. Relig. 32 The Men of Pleasure..form their Idea's of the Clergy from a few poor Strolers they often observe in the Streets.
2. An itinerant actor; a strolling player.
1608Dekker Lanth. & Candle-light G 1, When they trauell thus on foote, they are no more call'd Rancke-riders, but Strowlers, a proper name giuen to Country-players, that..trotte from towne to towne vpon the hard hoofe. 1681Dryden 2nd Prol. Univ. Oxf. 33 When Strollers durst presume to pick your purse, We humbly thought our broken Troop not worse. 1711Steele Spect. No. 48 ⁋5 A Company of Strolers, who are very far from offending in the impertinent Splendor of the Drama. a1774Goldsm. Scarron's Com. Rom. (1775) I. 9 The strolers, after drinking a few glasses a-piece,..retired to dress. 1806–7J. Beresford Miseries Hum. Life xv. Introd. 41 What are you at now?..spouting to yourself, like a mad stroller. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xx. IV. 423 Two strollers personated Killegrew and Delaval. 1886Willock Rosetty Ends xi. (1887) 82 A puckle strollers reached oor place on their way to the toon frae some country fair they had been at.
attrib.1840Dickens Old C. Shop xix, Vagabond groups assembled round the doors to see the stroller woman dance.
3. a. One who walks at leisure, a saunterer.
1834L. Ritchie Wand. by Seine 167 Nor are the Sunday strollers absent even here. 1868B. J. Lossing The Hudson 222 A lovely shaded walk invites the strollers on warm afternoons.
b. transf. A parasitic insect.
1705[E. Ward] Hud. Rediv. iv. 5 Besides the Legeons that they wear, In matted Locks of uncomb'd Hair, And listed Troops of eight-leg'd Strolers, That march from Wristbands to their Collars.
4. A casual traveller or visitor.
1738Warburton Div. Legat. II. 222 Some Stroler out of Egypt into Greece. 1778Engl. Gazetteer (ed. 2) s.v. Glastonbury, It was a receptacle for the strollers that came in pilgrimage to the abbey. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. i. iii, Nay how many come as vacant Strollers, aimless, of whom Europe is full, merely towards something!
†5. Of a plant: A ‘sport’ or new variety departing from the usual type. Obs. rare.
1723P. Blair Pharmaco-Bot. i. 16 These [varieties] may justly be called Sporters or Strollers, so many Lusus Naturæ sporting themselves from more simple Colours [etc.].
6. A child's push-chair, esp. a collapsible buggy.
1920Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catal. Fall 1049/2 Stroller Style Carriage... Body made of selected reeds finished in the natural shellac color. 1922Ibid. Spring 590/2 Select your stroller or collapsible sulky from this page and you will be satisfied with service given. 1932Babies, just Babies Dec. 63/3 (Advt.), Baby walker, stroller and gocart combined. 1954W. McCullough Illustr. Handbk. Child Care vii. 144 We saw the Smithsonian Institute and art galleries today. So glad we brought along his stroller. We just fold it up and pack it in the car. 1962J. R. Bernard in Southerly XXII. ii. 97 We keep stroller as meaning saunterer but we add the meaning of baby's push-cart. 1977N. Sahgal Situation in New Delhi i. 5 Young women in bright coats briskly pushing strollers carrying rosy bundled badies.
7. A casual shoe. Normally in pl.
1948Woman & Beauty Oct. 118/2 For shoes I picked a pair of black suède strollers. 1953R. Chandler Long Good-Bye xi. 64 On his feet were black moccasin type ties, the kind..that are almost as comfortable as strollers. 1958J. Cannan And be Villain viii. 177 She stepped into her ‘strollers’. 1970Washington Post 30 Sept. b5/3 (Advt.), Softy suede stroller... Soft-walk into fall.
▸ U.S. A man's suit jacket worn for semi-formal daytime events, typically resembling a tuxedo jacket but without satin or grosgrain on the lapels. More fully stroller coat.
1901Washington Post 19 Nov. 7/6 (advt.) The ‘Stroller’ Coat... This latest edition of the fashionable English Melton and Covert Cloth. 1955Sunday Times Signal (Zanesville, Ohio) 28 Aug. iii. 4/7 Moderately formal in daytime... For men: business suits or the stroller coat. 1981Times 26 Jan. 10/3 Mr Reagan..wore something described incorrectly in many places as morning dress. It..was in fact something called a stroller. 1995N. Tuckerman Amy Vanderbilt Compl. Bk. Etiquette 284 He may wear a stroller and striped trousers. |