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Pedestrian

Going on foot; performed on foot; as, a pedestrian journey.

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Narrower term 24

Ambler 76% connected

A horse or a person that ambles.

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Hobbler 76% connected

One who hobbles.

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Limper 76% connected

One who limps.

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Marcher 76% connected

The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.

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Passer 76% connected

One who passes; a passenger.

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Passer-by 76% connected

One who goes by; a passer.

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Peripatetic 76% connected

Walking about; itinerant.

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Plodder 76% connected

One who plods; a drudge.

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Rambler 76% connected

One who rambles; a rover; a wanderer.

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Reeler 76% connected

One who reels.

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Saunterer 76% connected

One who saunters.

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Shuffler 76% connected

One who shuffles.

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Stalker 76% connected

One who stalks.

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Stamper 76% connected

One who stamps.

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Stroller 76% connected

One who strolls; a vagrant.

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Stumbler 76% connected

One who stumbles.

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Swaggerer 76% connected

One who swaggers; a blusterer; a bully; a boastful, noisy fellow.

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Totterer 76% connected

One who totters.

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Tramp 76% connected

To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample.

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Tramper 76% connected

One who tramps; a stroller; a vagrant or vagabond; a tramp.

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Trampler 76% connected

One who tramples; one who treads down; as, a trampler on nature's law.

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Tripper 76% connected

One who trips or supplants; also, one who walks or trips nimbly; a dancer.

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Waddler 76% connected

One who, or that which, waddles.

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Wayfarer 76% connected

One who travels; a traveler; a passenger.

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Traveler 76% connected

One who travels; one who has traveled much.

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Traveller 76% connected

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Foot 74% connected

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing,…

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Foot 74% connected

The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing,…

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Prosaic 92% connected

Alt. of Prosaical

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Prosy 92% connected

Of or pertaining to prose; like prose.

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Walker 92% connected

One who walks; a pedestrian.

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