Pushchair

Part of speech: noun

Pronunciation: /ˈpʊʃ.t͡ʃɛə(ɹ)/

Definitions

1. A wheeled vehicle specifically designed for carrying small children and facilitating their movement by parents or caregivers
2. An infant transport apparatus that includes seating and handles for guiding toddlers while strolling
3. A small wheeled device used by adults to move young children around comfortably

Etymology: Pushchair is a plain compound: "push" from Middle English "pushen", ultimately from Latin "pulsare" via Old French "poulser" and Middle French "pousser", and "chair", which passed from Old French "chaire" and Latin "cathedra" (from Greek "kathedra", "seat", built from "kata" meaning "down" and "hedra" meaning "seat"). Put together, the word describes a seat that is pushed along. The Greek root reaches far back in the family of the second half of this word. "Cathedra" was the ordinary Latin word for a chair, and the bishop's seat in a church, the cathedral's namesake, is a later specialised use of the same root. English "chair" entered from Old French, so the seat in "pushchair" is the same word that gives "cathedral".

Synonyms: stroller, baby carriage, pram, buggy, wheeled seat