passenger
[ pas-uh n-jer ]
/ ˈpæs ən dʒər /
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.
Origin of passenger
OTHER WORDS FROM passenger
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Example sentences from the Web for passenger
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
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