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rambler|ˈræmblə(r)|
[f. ramble v. + -er1.]
a. One who rambles. In later use, one who walks through the countryside on a specified route, freq. in company with others.
1624Massinger Parl. Love iv. iii, My young rambler, That thought to cheat me..I have in the toil already. 1750Lady M. W. Montagu Let. to C'tess Bute 17 Oct., You will think me a great rambler, being at present far distant from the date of my last letter. 1808Scott Marm. i. xxv, I love such holy ramblers. 1846Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. II. 207 It collects all ramblers and gamblers. 1888C. F. Wardley (title) The rambler's guide to Buxton and neighbourhood, specially compiled for pedestrians. 1932Ramblers' Federation Handbk. III. 15 Many ramblers have made acquaintance with the Batham Gate on visits to the Peak Forest district. 1955Times 11 July 7/1 Such acts of vandalism, said an official of the Peak Park Board, turned the farmers and villagers against genuine ramblers. 1977Times 5 Oct. 14/5 The animal is..in a very unsuitable field and frightening the wits out of innocent ramblers.
b. A rose which straggles or climbs freely, esp. the crimson rambler. Also attrib.
1837T. Rivers Rose Amateur's Guide 43 Dundee Rambler is..one of the best. Ibid., Lovely Rambler, or the Crimson Ayrshire, is..semi-double. 1895Westm. Gaz. 16 July 4/3 The Queen..inspected the new crimson rambler rose.
c. A type of house, usu. a single-storey suburban building; a ranch house. U.S.
1958Washington Post 16 Aug. b1/4 These 3-bedroom, full-basement ramblers and split-foyer ramblers will be sold on terms of no money down to qualifying G.I. buyers. 1967T. Baird Finding Out x. 88 The houses in lots..Cape Cod cottages, ramblers, colonial split-levels, random provincials. 1975P. Moyes Black Widower ii. 20 She would not have traded their tiny frame house..for a modern split-level rambler in any smart suburban development. 1976Washington Post 19 Apr. c17/2 (Advt.), Forestville—Rambler, 3-br. $325. |