"jaywalker" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "jay (“a stupid person”) + walker; jay walker (“a pedestrian who doesn't pay attention to the road, endangering themselves and obstructing horses, carts, and automobiles”). First use appears c. 1917 in Harper's Magazine. Coined in analogy to the older turn-of-the-20th-century term jay driver (“a driver who doesn't pay attention to the road, endangering horses, carts, bicyclists, and pedestrians”). Promoted by driving enthusiasts and automotive concerns to clear the roads of obstructive pedestrians by making it illegal to walk in the middle of roads.",
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        "A person who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or who walks on the part of the street intended for vehicles instead of the part designated for pedestrians."
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        "(US) A person who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or who walks on the part of the street intended for vehicles instead of the part designated for pedestrians."
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "no equivalent term in German",
          "sense": "one who jaywalks"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who jaywalks",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "but see unachtsamer Fußgänger"
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          "sense": "one who jaywalks",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "unachtsame Fußgängerin"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who jaywalks",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "die Verkehrsregeln missachtender Fußgänger"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who jaywalks",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "die Verkehrsregeln missachtende Fußgängerin"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who jaywalks",
          "word": "szabálytalanul átkelő gyalogos"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "one who jaywalks",
          "word": "rågjenger"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neostoróžnyj pešexód",
          "sense": "one who jaywalks",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "неосторо́жный пешехо́д"
        },
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "one who jaywalks",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "peatón imprudente"
        },
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          "sense": "one who jaywalks"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "one who jaywalks",
          "word": "but see oförsiktig fotgängare"
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      "ipa": "/ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɑkɚ/",
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      "enpr": "jāʹwôkər"
    }
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  "word": "jaywalker"
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  "etymology_text": "jay (“a stupid person”) + walker; jay walker (“a pedestrian who doesn't pay attention to the road, endangering themselves and obstructing horses, carts, and automobiles”). First use appears c. 1917 in Harper's Magazine. Coined in analogy to the older turn-of-the-20th-century term jay driver (“a driver who doesn't pay attention to the road, endangering horses, carts, bicyclists, and pedestrians”). Promoted by driving enthusiasts and automotive concerns to clear the roads of obstructive pedestrians by making it illegal to walk in the middle of roads.",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "no equivalent term in German",
      "sense": "one who jaywalks"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who jaywalks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "but see unachtsamer Fußgänger"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who jaywalks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "unachtsame Fußgängerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who jaywalks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "die Verkehrsregeln missachtender Fußgänger"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who jaywalks",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "die Verkehrsregeln missachtende Fußgängerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who jaywalks",
      "word": "szabálytalanul átkelő gyalogos"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "one who jaywalks",
      "word": "rågjenger"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neostoróžnyj pešexód",
      "sense": "one who jaywalks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неосторо́жный пешехо́д"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who jaywalks",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "peatón imprudente"
    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "no equivalent term in Swedish",
      "sense": "one who jaywalks"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who jaywalks",
      "word": "but see oförsiktig fotgängare"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who jaywalks",
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  "word": "jaywalker"
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