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passenger

[pas-uhn-jer]

noun

  1. a person who is traveling in an automobile, bus, train, airplane, or other conveyance, especially one who is not the driver, pilot, or the like.

  2. a wayfarer; traveler.



passenger

/ ˈæɪԻə /

noun

    1. a person travelling in a car, train, boat, etc, not driven by him

    2. ( as modifier )

      a passenger seat

  1. a member of a group or team who is a burden on the others through not participating fully in the work

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonpassenger noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of passenger1

1300–50; Middle English passager < Middle French, noun use of passag ( i ) er (adj.) passing, temporary; passage 1, -ier 2; for -n- messenger, harbinger, scavenger, popinjay
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of passenger1

C14: from Old French passager passing, from passage 1
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Example Sentences

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If that's the case he may end up being a passenger.

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The Western Ferries vessel, from which the person went overboard, is a car and passenger service.

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Through the passenger seat window, large elegant houses flash by.

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Only one of the 242 passengers and crew on board survived.

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The disaster killed 241 passengers and crew, including more than 50 Britons, as well as at least eight people who were on the ground when the aircraft came down.

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