passerby

[ pas-er-bahy, -bahy, pah-ser- ]

/ ˈpæs ərˈbaɪ, -ˌbaɪ, ˈpɑ sər- /

a person passing by.

Origin of passerby

1560–70; pass by + -er¹, with postposing of the particle

A year or so later, a magistrate fined her when her dog bit a passer-by in the Windsor Great Park.

Working in The Royal Archives and Dreaming Up a Novel |Tom Sykes |October 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The delivery boy at the corner chain store "knows everybody in the neighborhood" according to a passer-by.

Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 |Work Projects Administration
One of the four accordingly had a rope tied around his neck and was slowly strangling to death when a passer-by relieved him.

Your Negro Neighbor |Benjamin Brawley
We will make our little garden of life such a charming, fairy-like spot, the envy of every passer-by!

Evergreens |Jerome K. Jerome

From a passer-by he learned that Sweeney had gone into the Legal Tender a few minutes before.

The Sheriff's Son |William MacLeod Raine
What extraordinary humping and rocking of the body the passer-by exhibits!

Criminal Psychology |Hans Gross

passer-by

a person that is passing or going by, esp on foot