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promenader

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prom·e·nade  (prm-nd, -näd)
n.
1.
a. A leisurely walk, especially one taken in a public place as a social activity.
b. A public place for such walking.
2.
a. A formal dance; a ball.
b. A march of all the guests at the opening of a ball.
3. A square-dance figure in which couples march counterclockwise in a circle.
v. prom·e·nad·ed, prom·e·nad·ing, prom·e·nades
v.intr.
1. To go on a leisurely walk.
2. To execute a promenade at a ball or in square dancing.
v.tr.
1. To take a promenade along or through.
2. To take or display on or as if on a promenade.

[French, from promener, to take for a walk, from Latin prminre, to drive forward : pr-, forward; see pro-1 + minre, to drive with shouts (from minr, to threaten, from minae, threats; see men-2 in Indo-European roots).]

prome·nader n.
Translations
promenader
n
(= walker)Spaziergänger(in) m(f)
(Brit: in concert) → Stehplatzbesucher(in) m(f); PromenaderBesucher(in) m(f)der Londoner Prom-Konzerte
promenader [ˌprɒmɪˈnɑːdəʳ] n (Brit) (Mus) → spettatore/trice (di un concerto)
promenader [ˌprɒmɪˈnɑːdəʳ] n (Brit) (Mus) → spettatore/trice (di un concerto)


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From their dress, covered with dust, and from a certain easy manner by means of which a man accustomed to travel is always recognizable, the two friends excited the attention of a few promenaders.
What they felt the lack of most bitterly was tobacco, and Captain Nichols, for his part, could not do without it; he took to hunting the "Can o' Beer," for cigarette-ends and the butt-end of cigars which the promenaders of the night before had thrown away.
It was the luncheon interval, and though the next race was the most important of the day, the stream of promenaders had thinned off a little.
 
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