ambulant

[ am-byuh-luhnt ]

adjective

1. moving from place to place; itinerant; shifting.
2. Medicine/Medical. ambulatory ( def 4 ).

ambulant

/ ˈæmbjʊlənt /

adjective

1. moving about from place to place
2. See ambulatory
   med another word for ambulatory

Other Words From

• un·ambu·lant adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ambulant¹

First recorded in 1645–55; from French , from Latin ambulant- (stem of ambulāns, present participle of ambulāre “to walk”); amble

Example Sentences

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

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Occasionally an ambulant theatrical troupe gives an entertainment in our little theatre.

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The product is bartered on the spot to the Chinese ambulant traders for other commodities.

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Vidi cunctos viventes qui ambulant sub sole, cum adolescente secundo qui consurgit pro eo.

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In Fig. 76 an ambulant secretary or public writer is seated at his little table, on which are the meager tools of his trade.

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Related Words

• nomadic
• peripatetic
• roving
• wandering