Definition of pedestrian Pedestrian

/pʌdɛˈstɹiʌn/ - [pudestreeun] - pe•des•tri•an

We found 12 definitions of pedestrian from 7 different sources.

What does pedestrian mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: pedestrians
pedestrian - a person who travels by foot
		walker, footer
		traveler, traveller a person who changes location
		hiker, tramper, tramp a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)
		hobbler, limper someone who has a limp and walks with a hobbling gait
		jaywalker a reckless pedestrian who crosses a street illegally
		parader, marcher walks with regular or stately step
		nondriver a person who is not a driver
		passer-by, passerby, passer a person who passes by casually or by chance
		peripatetic a person who walks from place to place
		rambler a person whose speech or writing is not well organized
		ambler, saunterer, stroller someone who walks at a leisurely pace
		shuffler someone who walks without raising the feet
		staggerer, totterer, reeler someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall
		stalker someone who stalks game
		stomper, tramper, trampler, stamper someone who injures by trampling
		strider a person who walks rapidly with long steps; "he was such a strider that she couldn't keep up without running"
		stumbler, tripper a walker or runner who trips and almost falls
		swaggerer someone who walks in an arrogant manner
		trudger, plodder, slogger someone who walks in a laborious heavy-footed manner
		waddler someone who walks with a waddling gait; "fat waddlers who walk like pigeons"
Adjective
pedestrian - lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"
		prosaic, prosy, earthbound
		uninteresting characteristic or suggestive of an institution especially in being uniform or dull or unimaginative; "institutional food"

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Wiktionary

pedestrian (Noun)
Somebody walking rather than using a vehicle; somebody traveling on foot.
pedestrian (Adjective)
Of or intended for those who are walking.
pedestrian (Adjective)
Ordinary, dull; everyday; unexceptional.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

pedestrian (a.)
Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.
pedestrian (n.)
A walker; one who journeys on foot; a foot traveler; specif., a professional walker or runner.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

pedestrian
A person who is traveling on foot.
pedestrian
Of roads or shopping areas which are mainly or exclusively for pedestrians.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

pedestrian
pē-des′tri-an, adj. going on foot: performed on foot: pertaining to common people: vulgar.—n. one journeying on foot: an expert walker, one who practises feats of walking or running.—adj. Pēdes′trial, of or pertaining to the foot: pedestrian.—adv. Pēdes′trially.—v.t. Pēdes′trianise, to traverse on foot.—n. Pēdes′trianism, a going on foot: walking: the practice of a pedestrian. [L. pedestris—pes, pedis.]

Wikipedia

A pedestrian is a person travelling on foot, whether walking or running. In modern times, the term mostly refers to someone walking on a road or footpath, but this was not the case historically.

History.

The main way humans get around is by walking. The first humans walked out of Africa about 60,000 years ago. We walked across India to reach Australia. We walked across Asia to reach the Americas. We walked from the fertile crescent area to reach Europe.

Nowadays, roads often have a designated footpath attached especially for pedestrian traffic, called the "sidewalk" in American English and the "pavement" in British English. There are also footpaths not associated with a road which are used only by pedestrians, especially ramblers, hikers or hill-walkers and there are roads not associated with a footpath. These footpaths, in mountains or forests, are called trails.

Efforts are underway by pedestrian advocacy groups to make it easy to be a pedestrian in new developments, especially to counteract newer developments where 20 to 30 percent do not include sidewalks. Some activists advocate large auto-free zones where pedestrians only or pedestrians and some non motorised vehicles are allowed.