Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that rambles: tourists and Sunday ramblers on the village streets; a conversational rambler.
- n. A type of climbing rose having numerous red, pink, or white flowers.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer.
- n. A variety of rose, which clambers freely: as, the crimson rambler.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person whose speech or writing is not well organized
- n. a person who takes long walks in the country
Examples
“The modernist created the ranch or the "rambler," which was aptly named, for in it, the homemaker finds herself walking what seems like the length of a ranch, and literally "rambling" all day from one end of the house to the other.”
“I apologize for this posting being such a "rambler", but it's the way my mind works today.”
“The climbing polyantha roses (hybrids of _Rosa multiflora_ and other species) include the class of "rambler" roses that has now come to be large, including not only the Crimson Rambler, but forms of other colors, single and semi-double, and various climbing habits; a very valuable and hardy class of roses, particularly for trellises.”
“Ah! Y'are a precious sight, y'are! "he continued, apostrophising the 'rambler' branches --" For all yer green buds ye ain't a-goin 'to do much this year!”
“So Joe tell me, what is the point after you gut the whole plan? midnight rambler”
Lieberman: I'll back health care bill without Medicare expansion
“I am pretty sure the complete rambler of 2011 who tramps the now accessible acres of Langsett Moor or Snailsden has time to avoid the above indiscretions – after all, he or she need not be on a constant lookout for gamekeepers these days!”
“The house across the street was the same-style rambler, too," she said.”
“With credits set to expire, some agents say they expect a lot of traffic, especially at homes at the more-affordable end of the scale — like this one, a $410,000 rambler in Loyal Heights listed by Liz Talley from Windermere.”
“Their house began as a rambler, but her husband has added a second floor, garage and sunroom since he moved in 30 years ago.”
The Washington Post: Where We Live: Manor Lake in Maryland's Montgomery County
“I love our 50's era rambler, but I would happily sell off half the lot for development.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘rambler’.
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open list: the art of talking
Words that describe people who are identified by a specific variety of speech. This list was inspired by the discussion at anecdotalist.
anecdotalist, conversationalist, fabulist, mythomaniac, speechifier, gaffeur, bullshit artist, preacher, witticist, raconteur, storyteller, liar and 29 more...
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on the road again
nomad, itinerant, wanderer, gypsy, vagrant, ranger, floater, gadling, scatterling, landloper, wayfarer, rover and 59 more...
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Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV
Words from the songs of Frank Black, a.k.a. Black Francis
zugzwang, valhalla, montalvo, ishist, tritons, mosh, siam, llano del rio, protohuman, tumbleweeds, ludwigshafen, ballyhoos and 349 more...
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The Medley of Me
A jumble of words, sometimes contradictory, that add up to me. I'll probably be adding to this list for some time, because I'm a very complex individual. ;P
male, long-haired, big-eyed, writer, artist, guitarist, songsmith, talespinner, pilot, wannabe barnstormer, gypsy, cuddlesome and 209 more...
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ElRojo
R. Peter Jackson's list
cantillation, jackstaff, pullulate, whoremonger, colloquy, batman, anathema, idiosyncratic, facilitation, sympathy, empathy, satrap and 137 more...
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A LIST of the Vessels taken or destro...
shallops, matthews, ennendert, arno, susanna, north-britain, cochran, galleys, schooners, sloops, spitfire, rambler and 35 more...
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Horrid Words
Icky words
lactate, lukewarm, vestige, fungus, gondola, critter, vacuole, guacamole, scab, juice, ghost, vespa and 5 more...
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personas
artist, groaner, donor, figure, moaner, owner, quitter, paper-maker, fascinator, writer, guitarist, songsmith and 22 more...
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Words that fit me
nouns or verbs used when the meaning fits better
eccentric, curiosity, stubborn, bohemian, whimsical, outspoken, tenacious, photographer, quirky, entrepreneur, organized, organized and 25 more...
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Rose words
Inspired by reading Aurelia C. Scott, 2007, Otherwise Normal People: Inside the Thorny World of Competitive Rose Gardening. I also have a list for names of rose varieties.
rosarian, floriferousness, budwood, cane, nursery stock, grandiflora, floribunda, centifolia, damask, noisette, polyantha, perpetual and 39 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for rambler.
chained_bear The H.M.S. Rambler was listed as a "vessel belonging to the army" (British army), captured at Yorktown in 1781. Oct 29, 2007