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Perambulator

[per-am-byuh-ley-ter]

per·am·bu·la·tor

[per-am-byuh-ley-ter]
noun
2.
an odometer pushed by a person walking.
3.
a person who makes a tour of inspection on foot.

Origin:
1605–15; < Medieval Latin: inspector, surveyor; see perambulate, -tor
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Perambulator has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
given to using long words.
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perambulator (pəˈræmbjʊˌleɪtə)
 
n
1.  a formal word for pram
2.  a wheel-like instrument used by surveyors to measure distances

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