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Word: Ambulator
Speech Type: Noun
mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Gaule (1603/4–1687), Church of England clergyman and author. From classical Latin ambulātor person who walks, walker from ambulāt-, past participial stem of ambulāre + -or
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.
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.
