what is a pedestrian?
<answer> Someone traveling by foot. <context> A pedestrian is someone traveling by foot. If you're walking, you might get angry at the drivers who don't stop so you can cross the street. But if you're driving, you might fight the urge to run over those annoying pedestrians! Pedestrian comes from the Latin pedester meaning going on foot but also plain.. As a noun, it's someone walking around — sidewalks are for pedestrians. As an adjective it means lacking wit or imagination.. If someone calls your new poem pedestrian, they mean it's dull.