pedestrian

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I've always wondered why a drunk getting behind the wheel of a car and running over a pedestrian is any different than a thug shooting a liquor store clerk.

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  1. noun A person traveling on foot; a walker.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or made for pedestrians: a pedestrian bridge.
  3. adjective Going or performed on foot: a pedestrian journey.
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  • With Mill as a pedestrian area, he said, "it would make a nice U-shape area for people to walk." —  Kentucky.com: Homepage
  • Authorities confirmed that the pedestrian was a woman. —  pjstar.com Home RSS
  • I unhooked and released the red, as the pedestrian was babbling and pointing, waving his arms and smiling.
  • I grinned and the pedestrian was about doing somersaults as he gazed down at our action.
  • Her writing style is really pedestrian, and I'm not emotionally connected to the love story at all. —  Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
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tourist ·  passer-by ·  travelers ·  cyclist ·  passenger ·  shopper ·  pilgrim ·  commuter ·  passersby ·  traveller ·  traveler ·  automobile

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pedestrian:   pedestrians
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. From Latin pedester, pedestr-, going on foot, from pedes, a pedestrian, from pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin pedester (pedestri-), being or going on foot (see pedestrious), + -an.
 

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/pəˈdɛstriən/
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