Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who promenades.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who promenades.
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- noun
Agent noun ofpromenade ; one who promenades.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The promenader in the yellow coat evidently did not belong in the quarter, and probably did not belong in Paris, for he was ignorant as to this detail.
Les Miserables 2008
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In any case feeling certain I did not know the promenader, I was greatly surprised, when his glance met mine, to notice that he was embarrassed and made as though to stop and speak to me, like one who wants to show you that you are not surprising him in an occupation he would rather have kept secret.
Time Regained 2003
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“Gordy,” said the promenader with the prominent teeth, “Gordy.”
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The promenader disengaged himself with great difficulty from his warm embraces, regarded General Junot with an amazed air, and remarked that he was ignorant to what he could attribute such excessive tenderness from a soldier wearing the uniform of a superior officer, and all the indications of high rank.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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These gentlemen invited him to take a walk; and as soon as he was outside the door, he perceived the beautiful promenader, and could not restrain an exclamation of surprise and joy at the sight.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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He stopped at length to note a prisoner in the town pillory, when a promenader of somewhat frayed attire and a countenance which bore marks of dissipation looked at him closely.
The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette William Douw Lighthall
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Prince Zilah, wandering solitary in the midst of crowded Paris, was possessed by one thought, one image impossible to drive away, one name which murmured eternally in his ears -- Marsa; Marsa, who was constantly before his eyes, sometimes in the silvery shimmer of her bridal robes, and sometimes with the deathly pallor of the promenader in the garden of
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It was just at the moment when Mr.. Barnes was inserting a few fresh almonds into a somewhat precarious tipsy cake, and Mr. Barnes was engaged with the decanting of the port, that two pairs of footsteps, considerably heavier than those of the ordinary promenader, paused outside and finally stopped.
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I stumbled against a fellow-promenader and the shock brought me to my senses.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel William John Locke 1896
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These gentlemen invited him to take a walk; and as soon as he was outside the door, he perceived the beautiful promenader, and could not restrain an exclamation of surprise and joy at the sight.
Recollections of the private life of Napoleon Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845 1895
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