passenger

[ pas-uh n-jer ]

/ ˈpæs ən dʒər /

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noun

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.

a wayfarer; traveler.

Nearby words

passed ball, passed pawn, passel, passement, passementerie, passenger, passenger mile, passenger pigeon, passepied, passer, passer-by

Origin of passenger

1300–50; Middle English passager < Middle French, noun use of passag(i)er (adj.) passing, temporary; see passage¹, -ier²; for -n- cf. messenger, harbinger, scavenger, popinjay

Related forms

non·pas·sen·ger, noun

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Examples from the Web for passenger

A click sends a user to a statement, a list of passenger nationalities, emergency call-center numbers, and other information.
The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370|Lennox Samuels|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Alexander and Adorno were doing what they could to save the officer on the passenger side, Liu.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Brinsley stepped up to the passenger side of the patrol car, raised a silver Taurus semi-automatic pistol and began firing.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An Uber driver assaulted a passenger and it turned out he had a felony conviction, despite passing the background check.
The Ten Worst Uber Horror Stories|Olivia Nuzzi|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

An Uber driver went on an anti-gay, ant-American rant before physically assaulting his passenger.
The Ten Worst Uber Horror Stories|Olivia Nuzzi|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sensation that a ship gives a passenger when it dips after a swell returned, but it quickly passed.
The Guns of Europe|Joseph A. Altsheler
Charges for freight and passenger travel were enormous in the early days of the road.
Prowling about Panama|George A. Miller
A few women are among them—stewardesses of passenger boats and the wives of the captains of the other sorts of vessels.
Harper's Round Table, October 15, 1895|Various
But think of a passenger that would have been perfectly thankful to have been thrown overboard!
Lord Dolphin|Harriet A. Cheever
There were no passenger coaches—nothing but freight-cars and a caboose.
McAllister and His Double|Arthur Train

British Dictionary definitions for passenger

passenger

/ (ˈpæsɪndʒə) /

noun

a person travelling in a car, train, boat, etc, not driven by him
(as modifier)a passenger seat

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

Word Origin for passenger

C14: from Old French passager passing, from passage 1

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