[ noun ] a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around <noun.artifact>
Perambulator \Per*am"bu*la`tor\, n. 1. One who perambulates.
2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See {Odometer}.
3. A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing; a baby carriage; -- called also {pram}, in Britain. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Ambulator \Am"bu*la`tor\, n. 1. One who walks about; a walker.
2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A beetle of the genus {Lamia}. (b) A genus of birds, or one of this genus.
3. An instrument for measuring distances; -- called also {perambulator}. --Knight.