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pedestrian

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pedester, root pedestri- (from pedes) + -an (suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: p?-d??str?-?n
  • IPA(key): /p??d?st.?i.?n/

Adjective

pedestrian (comparative more pedestrian, superlative most pedestrian)

  1. (not comparable) Of or intended for those who are walking.
  2. (comparable, figuratively) Ordinary, dull; everyday; unexceptional.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:common
  3. (dance) Pertaining to ordinary, everyday movements incorporated in postmodern dance.

Translations

Noun

pedestrian (plural pedestrians)

  1. A walker; one who walks or goes on foot, especially as opposed to one who uses a vehicle.
    Synonyms: footer, footgoer, footfarer
  2. (dated) Specifically, an expert or professional walker or runner; one who performs feats of walking or running.

Synonyms

  • footman (archaic)

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “pedestrian”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

  • depainters, pedantries, prestained, præsident

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traveller

English

Alternative forms

  • traveler (American)

Etymology

From Middle English traveler, travelour, travailere, travailour (worker", also "traveller), equivalent to travel +? -er. Compare Anglo-Norman travailur, travailour, Old French travailleor, travelleeur, travelier.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?t?æv?l?/, /?t?ævl?/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?t?æv?l?/, /?t?ævl??/

Noun

traveller (plural travellers)

  1. One who travels, especially to distant lands.
  2. (dated) A salesman who travels from place to place on behalf of a company.
  3. (Britain) Someone who lives (particularly in the UK) in a caravan, bus or other vehicle rather than a fixed abode.
  4. (Ireland) Alternative letter-case form of Traveller
  5. A list and record of instructions that follows a part in a manufacturing process.
  6. (electrical engineering) One of the wires connecting the two members of a pair of three-way switches.
  7. (nautical) A metal ring that moves freely on part of a ship’s rigging.
  8. (television, theater) A rail or track for a sliding curtain.
    • 1977, New York Theatre Critics' Reviews (volumes 38-39, page 134)
      That would detract from the austerity of Rudkin's study, and a curtain on a traveler is always slid across the stage []
  9. (bridge) A sheet of paper that is circulated with the board of cards, on which players record their scores.
  10. (US, Mississippi Delta) A styrofoam cup filled with liquor and usually ice, to be taken away from a place.
    • 2015: Dispatches from Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta by Richard Grant
      Nowhere else in the world had I seen such gigantic measures of liquor poured, such widespread enthusiasm for Bloodies and Mimosas on weekend mornings, or such firm insistence on giving sixteen-ounce Styrofoam cups loaded with iced liquor to guests leaving a party, so they might have a "traveler" for the drive home.
      At a bar in Yazoo City, the bartender asked me if I wanted to "go tall" with my bourbon on the rocks. I didn't know what he meant, but it sounded encouraging. "Sure," I said, "Let's go tall." He filled up a pint glass with ice. Then he filled it to the brim with bourbon. When I got up to leave with about half the drink gone, he poured the rest of it into a Styrofoam cup, assuming I would want a traveler.

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See also

  • backpacker
  • Irish Traveller
  • tourist
  • voyager

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