ambulatorn.
/ˈambjᵿleɪtə/, U.S. /ˈæmbjəˌleɪdər/ 1. † b. A guide for travellers; a guidebook. Usually as part of the title of such a work. Obsolete.
a. A person who walks or is given to walking, a walker; (also) a person who moves about from place to place, a traveller. Now somewhat archaic.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > one who
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society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > one going on foot
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1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 237 Such a Peregrinator, such an ambulator.
1722 E. Ward Contending Candidates 22 in Wand'ring Spy: Pt. II Our young Cantator Strol'd as a chanting Ambulator, To distant Fairs and Market Towns.
1821 New Monthly Mag. 3 64/1 The social groups of well-dressed ambulators.
1973 Lat. Amer. Literary Rev. 2 86 Miguel Ángel became a restless ambulator and explorer of the hidden parks and corners of the City of Light.
2018 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 20 Aug. 19 It [sc. Melbourne] is an ambulator's paradise where a 10-minute walk to transit is more gift than burden.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > that which guides or leads > guidebook
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1774 (title) The ambulator; or, the stranger's companion in a tour round London; within the circuit of twenty-five miles.
1818 C. Wright (title) The Brighton ambulator, containing historical and topographical delineations of the town.
1905 Daily Chron. 3/3 The various Travelling Companions, Ambulators, Post-chaise Companions, and Traveller's Oracles..are becoming scarcer every year.
2. A device for measuring distances, consisting of a wheel of known circumference which is attached to a handle and rolled along the ground by a person on foot; = perambulator n. 2. rare.Also called odometer, surveyor's wheel.
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1830 J. Jacob Ann. Brit. Norman Isles i. 16 Major Martin informed me, that he had measured it [sc. the Island of Alderney] with an ambulator, and that it is about twelve miles in circumference.
1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 90/1 Ambulator, sometimes called a perambulator. An instrument for measuring distances.
1977 How It Works vi. 772/2 For survey work the odometer, also known as a perambulator or ambulator, is mounted on a frame attached to a large wheel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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