Pedestrian meaning

    pə-dĕs'trē-ən
    A person traveling on foot; a walker.
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    Undistinguished; ordinary.

    Pedestrian prose.

    adjective
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    The definition of a pedestrian is a person who is walking along a road or some developed area to get where he needs to go.

    An example of a pedestrian is a person who is walking to work.

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    Going or performed on foot.

    A pedestrian journey.

    adjective
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    Of, relating to, or made for pedestrians.

    A pedestrian bridge.

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    Lacking interest or imagination; prosaic; ordinary and dull.
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    Going or done on foot; walking.
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    Of or for pedestrians.

    A pedestrian crossing.

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    One who goes on foot; walker.
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    (not comparable) Of or intended for those who are walking.

    Pedestrian crossing.

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    His manner of dress was pedestrian but tidy.

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    Somebody walking rather than using a vehicle; somebody traveling on foot on or near a roadway.
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    Pedestrian is defined as something dull, boring or lacking inspiration or excitement.

    An example of pedestrian is a play or book that is boring, lacks excitement and has no inspiration.

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    Origin of pedestrian

    • From Latin pedester pedestr- going on foot from pedes a pedestrian from pēs ped- foot ped- in Indo-European roots
      From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
    • From Latin pedestri-, from pedester.
      From Wiktionary

    Pedestrian Sentence Examples

    • Once again, the mysterious notebook took a back seat to the more pedestrian happenings at the Ouray inn.

    • But he liked them; liked that mad driving at twelve miles an hour, liked upsetting a driver or running down a pedestrian, and flying at full gallop through the Moscow streets.

    • Jackson considered running to Fairhaven and having her drive the car, but worried he might lose it and feed on an unsuspecting pedestrian along the way.

    • The Pentland range contains many points of interest and beauty, but these are mostly accessible only to the pedestrian, although the hills are crossed by roads, of which the chief are those by Glencorse burn and the Cauld Stane Slap. Habbie's Howe, the scene of Allan Ramsay's pastoral The Gentle Shepherd, is some 2 m.

    • The pedestrian bridge across Leith Street can just be seen in the distance.

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