STROLLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stroller mean? 

• STROLLER (noun)
  The noun STROLLER has 2 senses:

1. someone who walks at a leisurely pace

2. a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around

  Familiarity information: STROLLER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STROLLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who walks at a leisurely pace

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ambler; saunterer; stroller

Hypernyms ("stroller" is a kind of...):

footer; pedestrian; walker (a person who travels by foot)

Derivation:

stroll (walk leisurely and with no apparent aim)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

baby buggy; baby carriage; carriage; go-cart; perambulator; pram; pushchair; pusher; stroller

Hypernyms ("stroller" is a kind of...):

wheeled vehicle (a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stroller"):

bassinet (a perambulator that resembles a bassinet)

 Context examples 

Alleyne sat down willingly as directed with two great bundles on either side of him which contained the strollers' dresses—doublets of flame-colored silk and girdles of leather, spangled with brass and tin.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Touching your question, we may tell you that we are strollers and jugglers, who, having performed with much applause at Winchester fair, are now on our way to the great Michaelmas market at Ringwood.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)