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AMBLER

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Am⋅bler

  [am-bler]
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–noun
Eric, 1909–1998, English suspense novelist.
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am⋅ble

  [am-buhl] verb, -bled, -bling, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter: He ambled around the town.
2. (of a horse) to go at a slow pace with the legs moving in lateral pairs and usually having a four-beat rhythm.
–noun
3. an ambling gait.
4. a slow, easy walk or gentle pace.
5. a stroll.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF ambler < L ambulāre to walk, equiv. to amb- ambi- + -ulāre to step (*-el- + s. vowel -ā-; c. Welsh el- may go, Gk elaúnein to set in motion)

Related forms:
ambler, noun
am⋅bling⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. ramble, meander.
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am·ble   (ām'bəl)   
intr.v.   am·bled, am·bling, am·bles

  1. To walk slowly or leisurely; stroll.

  2. To move along at an easy gait by using both legs on one side alternately with both on the other. Used of a horse.

n.  

  1. An unhurried or leisurely walk.

  2. An easy gait, especially that of a horse.


[Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler, from Latin ambulāre, to walk.]
am'bler n.
Am·bler   (ām'blər)   
British writer noted for his suspense novels, including A Passage of Arms (1959).
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Word Origin & History

amble 
c.1386, from O.Fr. ambler "walk as a horse does," from L. ambulare "to walk," a compound of ambi- "around" (see ambi-) and -ulare, from PIE base *el- "to go." Until 1596 used only of horses or persons on horseback.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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