SAUNTER

amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation

(noun) a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

saunter

(noun) a careless leisurely gait; “he walked with a kind of saunter as if he hadn’t a care in the world”

stroll, saunter

(verb) walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

saunter (third-person singular simple present saunters, present participle sauntering, simple past and past participle sauntered)

To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace.

Synonyms: amble, stroll, wander

Noun

saunter (plural saunters)

A leisurely walk or stroll.

A leisurely pace.

(obsolete) A place for sauntering or strolling.

Anagrams

• Transue, aunters, natuers, natures, sea turn, seruant, tea urns, tea-urns, unrates

Source: Wiktionary


Saun"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sauntered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sauntering.] Etym: [Written also santer.] Etym: [Probably fr. F. s'aventurer to adventure (one's self), through a shortened form s'auntrer. See Adventure, n. & v.]

Definition: To wander or walk about idly and in a leisurely or lazy manner; to lounge; to stroll; to loiter. One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by the side of a stream. Masson.

Syn.

– To loiter; linger; stroll; wander.

Saun"ter, n.

Definition: A sauntering, or a sauntering place. That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town. Young.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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