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Webster 1913 Edition


Pedestrianism

Pe-des′tri-an-ism

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Noun.
The act, art, or practice of a pedestrian; walking or running; traveling or racing on foot.

Definition 2024


pedestrianism

pedestrianism

English

Noun

pedestrianism (countable and uncountable, plural pedestrianisms)

  1. A form of competitive walking of the nineteenth century, often professional and funded by wagering, from which the modern sport of racewalking developed.
  2. Something that is pedestrian, or banal; a commonplace.