rambler

[ ram-bler ]
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noun
  1. a person, animal, or thing that rambles.

  1. any of several climbing roses having clusters of small flowers.

Origin of rambler

1
First recorded in 1615–25; ramble + -er1

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How to use rambler in a sentence

  • Our ramblers did their duty well, but the grape arbour and the pergola would not be covered properly in a season.

    The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton
  • Dick was waiting for him, and excitedly drew him down to one corner that crimson ramblers had woven into a nook for confidences.

  • But I thought you said the 'Jolly Ramblers' were the best skates made?

  • Famous ramblers they are, going in great parties of thousands in number, through wide tracts of ocean and sea.

    Lord Dolphin | Harriet A. Cheever
  • How little calculated was such a way of living to dispose the ramblers to seek enjoyment in simple domestic interests!

    The Real Shelley, Vol. II (of 2) | John Cordy Jeaffreson

British Dictionary definitions for rambler

rambler

/ (ˈræmblə) /


noun
  1. a weak-stemmed plant, esp any of various cultivated hybrid roses that straggle over other vegetation

  2. a person who rambles, esp one who takes country walks

  1. a person who lacks organization in his or her speech or writing

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