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Webster 1913 Edition

Pedarian

Pe-da′ri-an

,
Noun.
[L.
pedarius
, fr.
pedarius
belonging to the foot, fr.
pes
,
pedis
, foot.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
One of a class eligible to the office of senator, but not yet chosen, who could sit and speak in the senate, but could not vote; – so called because he might indicate his opinion by walking over to the side of the party he favored when a vote was taken.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pedarian

PEDA'RIAN

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Noun.
A Roman senator who gave his vote by the feet, that is, by walking over to the side he espoused, in divisions of the senate.

Definition 2025

pedarian

pedarian

English

Noun

pedarian ‎(plural pedarians)

  1. (historical, Roman antiquity) One of a class eligible to the office of senator, but not yet chosen, who could sit and speak in the senate, but could not vote.

Etymology

Latin pedarius, from pedarius belonging to the foot, from pes, pedis, foot. So called because he might indicate his opinion by walking over to the side of the party he favoured when a vote was taken.

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