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English Dictionary: saunter by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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)
    Synonym(s): amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation
v
  1. walk leisurely and with no apparent aim [syn: stroll, 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.
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