promenader


prom·e·nade

P0591900 (prŏm′ə-nād′, -näd′)n.1. a. A leisurely walk, especially one taken in a public place as a social activity.b. A public place for such walking.2. a. A formal dance; a ball.b. A march of all the guests at the opening of a ball.3. A square-dance figure in which couples march counterclockwise in a circle.4. In ballet, a slow supported turn on one foot. v. prom·e·nad·ed, prom·e·nad·ing, prom·e·nades v.intr.1. To go on a leisurely walk.2. To execute a promenade at a ball or in square dancing.v.tr.1. To take a promenade along or through: "[The] young women ... promenaded the streets in the cool of evening" (Charles Dickens).2. To take or display on or as if on a promenade: promenade a friend; promenade one's charms.
[French, from promener, to take for a walk, from Latin prōmināre, to drive forward : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + mināre, to drive with shouts (from minārī, to threaten, from minae, threats; see men- in Indo-European roots).]
prom′e·nad′er n.
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