passerby
or pass·er-by
[pas-er-bahy, -bahy, pah-ser-]
- a person passing by.
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Origin of passerby
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Contemporary Examples
"You're a bunch of killers," a passerby told cops standing sentry there, according to one police source.
Because while calling a passerby “sexy” may be uncouth, it shouldn't be illegal.
She had been choked unconscious and very likely would have died had a passerby not scared away her attacker.
I was in a production of Oliver Twist and I was a passerby, and I had five words: “Coming down the street there!”
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A passerby found her body last week, half hidden, half burned, in the Bois de Boulogne on the outskirts of Paris.
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Historical Examples
She is pleased when a passerby stops to admire, and especially so if it be a young miss.
Blue Ridge CountryJean Thomas
You stop the first passerby, and you say I want to find such and such a street.
Natural WondersEdwin Tenney Brewster
A passerby appears down the path, and she hastily withdraws her hand.
KippsH. G. Wells
He was told by a passerby that it was the home of a club waiter.
The Forged NoteOscar Micheaux
He walked into their shelter until he was out of any passerby's range of vision.
The Mighty DeadWilliam Campbell Gault