Pedestrian
[pəˈdestriən] or [pə'dɛstrɪən]
Definition
(noun.) a person who travels by foot.
(adj.) lacking wit or imagination; 'a pedestrian movie plot' .
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Definition
(a.) Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.
(n.) A walker; one who journeys on foot; a foot traveler; specif., a professional walker or runner.
Checker: Vivian
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Foot-traveller, traveller afoot.
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Definition
adj. going on foot: performed on foot: pertaining to common people: vulgar.—n. one journeying on foot: an expert walker one who practises feats of walking or running.—adj. Pēdes′trial of or pertaining to the foot: pedestrian.—adv. Pēdes′trially.—v.t. Pēdes′trianise to traverse on foot.—n. Pēdes′trianism a going on foot: walking: the practice of a pedestrian.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The variable (an audible) part of the roadway for an automobile.
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Examples
- Denis Johnson patented in England in 1818 a similar vehicle which he named the Pedestrian Curricle. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Clym, seeing him but dimly, would have let him pass silently, had not the pedestrian, who was Charley, recognized the young man and spoken to him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The pedestrian noticed nothing just now, and a clue to her abstraction was afforded by a trivial incident. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The men with the lanterns had now fallen into the rear, or rather, the equestrians of the rescue-party had outridden the pedestrians. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Homeward-bound burghers pass me now and then, but these companies are pedestrians, make little noise, and are soon gone. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Typist: Nora