pedestrianess
pedestrianess noun: a female pedestrian.
Noun
pedestrianess (plural pedestrianesses)
- A female pedestrian.
- A Pedestrian'''ess.—A widow upwards of 60 years of age, betted last week, to walk 92 miles in 24 hours.1827 January 6, The Honduras Gazette and Commercial Advertiser, volume I, number 28, Belize
- The spectators were not parsimonious in rewarding the labours of the pedestrianess.1827 May 10, The Long-Island Star, volume XVIII, number 49, Brooklyn, N.Y.: Alden Spooner
- Synonyms:
- pedestrienne
Examples of pedestrianess in a sentence
- M’Mullen, the pedestrianess, whose performances we recorded last year, commenced on Monday evening, a more arduous undertaking.1827 June 16, The York Herald, and General Advertiser, number 1918, York:
- Aye, and here are horsewomen besides ourselves, too; and mulewomen, and pedestrianesses, &c.1856, Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley, The Sweet South, volume II, London: […] George Barclay, […], page 218:
- Bertha Von Hillern, the pedestrianess, is lionized by Boston.1877 January 19, Cherokee County Republican, volume V, number 25, Columbus, Kan.:
- Up there in Auburn, New York, an esteemed pedestrian, Reginald Heber Tubbs, agreed to walk against an esteemed pedestrianess, Miss Elsa Von Blumen.1879 January 20, The Times, number 1225, Philadelphia, Pa.:
Synonyms of pedestrianess
Forms of pedestrianess
| plural | pedestrianesses |
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Origin of pedestrianess
From pedestrian + -ess.
Questions about pedestrianess
- What does pedestrianess mean?
- Pedestrianess means a female pedestrian.
- How do you use pedestrianess in a sentence?
- M’Mullen, the pedestrianess, whose performances we recorded last year, commenced on Monday evening, a more arduous undertaking.
- What part of speech is pedestrianess?
- Pedestrianess is a noun.
- What is the plural of pedestrianess?
- The plural of pedestrianess is pedestrianesses.
Words near pedestrianess in the dictionary
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