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Word of the day: Perambulator
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Perambulator derives from the Latin verb perambulare “to ramble, stroll” and, of physicians, “to make one’s rounds, visit patients.”
Perambulator derives from the Latin verb perambulare “to ramble, stroll” and, of physicians, “to make one’s rounds, visit patients.”
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Perambulator in its original sense “a person who strolls, pedestrian” appears in the early 17th century but is now quaint.
Perambulator in its original sense “a person who strolls, pedestrian” appears in the early 17th century but is now quaint.
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By the late 17th century perambulator had developed the meaning “surveyor” (i.e. a person who surveys),
By the late 17th century perambulator had developed the meaning “surveyor” (i.e. a person who surveys),
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and a little later, “a wheeled machine, attached to a handle, pushed by a worker to measure distances” (also called an odometer).
and a little later, “a wheeled machine, attached to a handle, pushed by a worker to measure distances” (also called an odometer).
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