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Definition of pedestrian - 2 dictionary results

pe⋅des⋅tri⋅an

  [puh-des-tree-uhn]
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–noun
1. a person who goes or travels on foot; walker.
–adjective
2. going or performed on foot; walking.
3. of or pertaining to walking.
4. lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, etc.; commonplace; prosaic or dull: a pedestrian commencement speech.
Origin:
1710–20; < L pedestri- (s. of pedester on foot, deriv. of pēs (s. ped-); see pedi-1 ) + -an
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pe·des·tri·an   (pə-děs'trē-ən)   
n.  A person traveling on foot; a walker.
adj.  

  1. Of, relating to, or made for pedestrians: a pedestrian bridge.

  2. Going or performed on foot: a pedestrian journey.

  3. Undistinguished; ordinary: pedestrian prose. See Synonyms at dull.


[From Latin pedester, pedestr-, going on foot, from pedes, a pedestrian, from pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
pe·des'tri·an·ism n.
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