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rambler

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ram⋅bler

  [ram-bler]
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–noun
1. a person, animal, or thing that rambles.
2. ranch house (def. 2).
3. any of several climbing roses having clusters of small flowers.
Origin:
1615–25; ramble + -er 1

ranch house

 
–noun
1. the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
2. Also called rambler. any one-story house of the same general form, esp. one built in the suburbs.
Origin:
1860–65, Americanism
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ram·bler   (rām'blər)   
n.  

  1. One that rambles: tourists and Sunday ramblers on the village streets; a conversational rambler.

  2. A type of climbing rose having numerous red, pink, or white flowers.

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