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passenger

Definition

  • noun: a person who is traveling from one place to another in a car, bus, train, ship, airplane, etc., and who is not driving or working on it
  • noun: a traveler in a public or private conveyance
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: wayfarer, passager, fare

Examples

  • There's no room for 'passengers' on this project; everybody must do his share of the work.

  • There were two 'passengers' in the car in addition to the driver.

  • a 'passenger' train/ship [=a train/ship that carries passengers]

Movie quotes

  • (..) how this happened, okay? But I'm doing everything I can to get us back there, okay? I promise you. Please, pull over and wait for the police to incarcerate your passenger. - Hell, no. You know what? Let me outta here. If you don't have one of these, they're gonna throw you in jail. (..)
    2006 Idiocracy