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ambulant

[ am-byuh-luh nt ]

/ ˈæm byə lənt /

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adjective

moving from place to place; itinerant; shifting.

Medicine/Medical. ambulatory(def 4).

Origin of ambulant

1645–55; (< F) < Latin ambulant- (stem of ambulāns, present participle of ambulāre to walk). See amble

OTHER WORDS FROM ambulant

un·am·bu·lant, adjective

Words nearby ambulant

ambu bag, ambulacrum, ambulance, ambulance chaser, ambulance stocks, ambulant, ambulante, ambulate, ambulatory, ambulatory care, ambulatory surgery

Example sentences from the Web for ambulant

Formerly people were content to paste them up; now they are ambulant.

Tour in England, Ireland, and France, in the years 1826, 1827, 1828 and 1829. |Hermann Pckler-Muskau
And from every direction rose the vehement street calls of ambulant venders of the necessaries of Neapolitan life.

A Spirit in Prison |Robert Hichens
The encounter with these ambulant Highnesses had been fatal—Lansing now perceived it—to Mrs. Hicks's principles.

The Glimpses of the Moon |Edith Wharton
Government flappers congregated giggling in small groups, furtively examined by ambulant young men.

The House by the River |A. P. Herbert

There is another class of ambulant merchant who is a frequenter of this most animated of Tunis native quarter.

In the Land of Mosques & Minarets |Francis Miltoun

British Dictionary definitions for ambulant

ambulant

/ (ˈæmbjʊlənt) /

adjective

moving about from place to place

med another word for ambulatory (def. 3)

Medical definitions for ambulant

ambulant

[ ăm′byə-lənt ]

adj.

Moving or walking about.