pedestrian
a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
going or performed on foot; walking.
of or relating to walking.
lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull: a pedestrian commencement speech.
Origin of pedestrian
1Other words from pedestrian
- non·pe·des·tri·an, noun, adjective
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How to use pedestrian in a sentence
That creature threatened the goats until the biggest one butted him off the bridge, never to trouble pedestrians again.
They have blocked vehicle access, but pedestrians have managed to evade them.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe cellphone use among pedestrians has dovetailed insidiously with hyper-gentrification, Moss says.
The End of New York: How One Blog Tracks the Disappearance of a Vibrant City | Tim Teeman | August 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPedestrians mumbled that women in bright dresses and balaclavas jumping with guitars in Sochi streets must be drunk or insane.
You have to do all sorts of things to make a stream of pedestrians into an audience.
The principal street presents a bustling appearance, being much frequented by carriages, as well as pedestrians.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferKeeping sharp lookout for skidding cars and unexpected pedestrians and street-car crossings and the like fully occupied Bud.
Cabin Fever | B. M. Bower“Well, good-bye, then; off we go;” and with light hearts the boaters and the pedestrians parted.
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. FarrarNot far from the Sixty-fifth Street entrance of the Park he found a large hill and for a moment it was clear of pedestrians.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood BrounSome of the foot pedestrians are said to have been less reticent about the lamp-posts.
British Dictionary definitions for pedestrian
/ (pɪˈdɛstrɪən) /
a person travelling on foot; walker
(as modifier): a pedestrian precinct
dull; commonplace: a pedestrian style of writing
Origin of pedestrian
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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