n.
A person traveling on foot; a walker.
adj.
- Of, relating to, or made for pedestrians: a pedestrian bridge.
- Going or performed on foot: a pedestrian journey.
- Undistinguished; ordinary: pedestrian prose. See synonyms at dull.
[From Latin pedester, pedestr-, going on foot, from pedes, a pedestrian, from pēs, ped-, foot.]
pedestrianism pe·des'tri·an·ism n.
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