Hypertext Webster Gateway: "saunter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Saunter \Saun"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sauntered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Sauntering}.] [Written also santer.] [Probably fr. F.
s'aventurer to adventure (one's self), through a shortened
form s'auntrer. See {Adventure}, n. & v.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Saunter \Saun"ter\, n.
A sauntering, or a sauntering place.
That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town. --Young.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
saunter
n 1: a careless leisurely gait; "he walked with a kind of saunter
as if he hadn't a care in the world"
2: a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: {amble},
{promenade}, {ramble}, {stroll}, {perambulation}]
v : walk leisurely and with no apparent aim [syn: {stroll}]
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