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pedestrianess

pedestrianess noun: a female pedestrian.

Noun

pedestrianess (plural pedestrianesses)

  1. (dated) 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

pluralpedestrianesses

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

  1. pedestrian zones
  2. pedestrianate
  3. pedestrianated
  4. pedestrianates
  5. pedestrianating
  6. pedestrianess
  7. pedestrianesses
  8. pedestrianisation
  9. pedestrianisations
  10. pedestrianise
  11. pedestrianised

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