perambulator /pəˈɹæm.bjʊ.leɪ.təɹ/ noun3 •One who perambulates. •(UK, old-fashioned) A baby carriage.The reapers were slowly trooping back to their work. The nurse-girl slapped one of her charges and then began to push the perambulator up the hill. — 1913 •A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances, consisting of a wheel that rolls over the ground, along with a clockwork apparatus and a dial plate upon which the distance travelled is shown by an index. formsperambulators