Stroller
/ˈstroʊ.lər/noun
A person who walks in a leisurely or aimless way; also a baby carriage in modern English.
Did you know?The word first meant a person who roamed idly or vagrantly, and only much later was applied to the baby carriage because it’s used for strolling.
Etymological Timeline
Early 18th Century
English
stroller
“A person who wanders about idly; a vagrant or loafer.”
Late 17th Century
English
stroll
“To wander or walk about at a leisurely pace.”
17th Century
English
strollen
“A dialectal or colloquial form meaning to roam or go about idly.”
16th–17th Century
English
strollen / strullen
“To move about aimlessly, often with the sense of loitering or rambling.”
Modern English
English
stroller
“A person who strolls; also a baby carriage.”
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