# pedestrian

Pronunciation: say "puh-DES-tree-uhn" /pəˈdɛst.ɹi.ən/

## Noun

1. A person who walks or travels on foot, especially in contrast to someone using a vehicle.
   - Simple: A person who walks or goes somewhere on foot, especially instead of riding in a vehicle.
   - _Pedestrians on the sidewalk jeered as the motorcade crawled past._
   - _A pedestrian was hit by a delivery van that ran a red light._

## Adjective

2. Relating to people who are walking, or intended for their use.
   - Simple: Having to do with people walking, or made for them to use.
   - _Pedestrian traffic along the waterfront doubles during the summer festival._
   - _The council voted to close three downtown blocks to cars and turn them into a pedestrian zone._
3. Ordinary and dull, lacking anything that would make it stand out from the everyday.
   - Simple: Ordinary and boring, with nothing special about it.
   - _Critics liked the lead actor but found the script pedestrian._
   - _After scoring early, the visitors settled into a more pedestrian game and let their lead slip away._

## Noun

4. A skilled or professional walker or runner who performs feats of endurance on foot, often for wagers or paying spectators. *(dated)*
   - Simple: An expert or paid walker or runner who does amazing walks or runs.
   - _The pedestrian wagered that he could walk from Boston to Chicago in under a month._
   - _Spectators packed the arena night after night to watch the pedestrians circle the sawdust track._

## Other meanings

- (adjective) Pertaining to ordinary, everyday movements incorporated in postmodern dance.

## Origin

Borrowed from Latin pedester (stem pedestri-), which comes from pedes. The suffix -an, used to form adjectives, was added.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pedestrian (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).