n. A person traveling on foot; a walker. adj. 1. Of, relating to, or made for pedestrians: a pedestrian bridge. 2. Going or performed on foot: a pedestrian journey. [From Latin pedester, pedestr-, going on foot, from pedes, a pedestrian, from pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] pe·destri·an·ism n. |
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