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

/ ˈpæsɪndʒə /

noun

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

   2. ( as modifier )

      a passenger seat

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

Other Word Forms

• nonpassenger noun

Word 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of passenger¹

C14: from Old French passager passing, from _passage ¹

Example Sentences

But it added that “these recommendations will lead to operational disruptions to passengers and customers.”

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Airbus said the problem was discovered following a recent "incident" in the US involving an A320 family aircraft and apologised for disruption to passengers.

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Now French authorities will again be allowed to intercept boats before they pick up migrant passengers from the beaches of northern France, although it's not clear how the small boats will be stopped.

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The Rzeszów-Jasionka airport caters to both Western military and civilian passengers, including journalists, volunteers and foreign dignitaries traveling to and from Ukraine.

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Dec. 1 last year set a record for U.S. air travel as 3.09 million passengers were screened by Transportation Security Administration officials at airports across the country.

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Related Words

• commuter 
• customer 
• fare 
• patron 
• pilgrim 
• rider 
• tourist 
• traveler