stroller

English

A baby stroller.

Pronunciation

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Etymology

stroll +‎ -er

Noun

stroller (plural strollers)

1. A seat or chair on wheels, pushed by somebody walking behind it, typically used for transporting babies and young children.
2. One who strolls.
3. A vagrant.
   • 1771, Tobias Smollett, Humphry Clinker, Penguin Classics, 1985, p.41:

     The mayor observed that it was great presumption in Wilson, who was a stroller, to proceed to such extremities with a gentleman of family and fortune; and threatened to commit him on the vagrant act.

4. Men's semiformal daytime dress comprising a grey or black single- or double-breasted coat, grey striped or checked formal trousers, a grey or silver necktie, and a grey, black or buff waistcoat.

Translations

seat on wheels

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嬰兒車 (zh), 婴儿车 (zh) (yīng'érchē)

• Czech: kočárek (cs) m
• Danish: klapvogn (da)
• Dutch: kinderwagen (nl) m
• Finnish: lastenrattaat
• French: landau (fr) m, poussette (fr) f
• German: Kinderwagen (de) m
• Greek: καροτσάκι (el) n (karotsáki)

• Italian: passeggino (it) m, carrozzina f
• Japanese: 乳母車 (ja) (うばぐるま, ubaguruma), ベビーカー (ja) (bebīkā)
• Polish: wózek (pl) m
• Portuguese: carrinho (pt) m
• Russian: коля́ска (ru) f (koljáska), прогу́лочная коля́ска f (progúločnaja koljáska)
• Spanish: silla de paseo f, sillita de paseo f, carriola f
• Swedish: barnvagn (sv) c
• Tagalog: andador
• Zazaki: kolek, kolay

person strolling

• Finnish: jalankulkija (fi)
• Irish: válcaeir m

• Spanish: paseante m, f

Synonyms

• (UK) pushchair
• (UK) baby buggy

See also

• pram
• pusher

Anagrams

• trollers