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Synonyms for pedestrians

Grammar : Noun
Spell : puh-des-tree-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈdɛs tri ən

Définition of pedestrians

Origin :
  • 1716, "prosaic, dull" (of writing), from Latin pedester (genitive pedestris) "plain, not versified, prosaic," literally "on foot" (sense contrasted with equester "on horseback"), from pedes "one who goes on foot," from pes (genitive pedis) "foot" (see foot (n.)). Meaning "going on foot" is first attested 1791 in English (it also was a sense of Latin pedester). The earlier adjective in English was pedestrial (1610s).
  • noun person traveling on foot
Example sentences :
  • At the same moment, the pedestrians were struck by the officer's strange attitude.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • The morning broke drearily for our friends, the two pedestrians, at the 'Blue Goat.'
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • They were pedestrians who had passed by and wandered in to see what was happening.
  • Extract from : « Mezzerow Loves Company » by Floyd L. Wallace
  • It was a beautiful day, and the Park was filled with pedestrians as well as carriages.
  • Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat
  • Nor were we, as it seemed, the only pedestrians to whom the district was strange.
  • Extract from : « Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II » by G. R. Gleig
  • And he revelled in contemplating, among the other pedestrians, this prey which belonged to him.
  • Extract from : « The Blonde Lady » by Maurice Leblanc
  • Some were wrestling, others on horseback mixed with the pedestrians.
  • Extract from : « Celebrated Travels and Travellers » by Jules Verne
  • Indeed, almost all the pedestrians walked in the middle of the street.
  • Extract from : « Rollo in Rome » by Jacob Abbott
  • Pedestrians had turned up collars, and trousers at the bottom.
  • Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser
  • Midnight pedestrians and loiterers stopped and stared as the company passed.
  • Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser

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