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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

  • (..) His window is opposite hers across the el tracks. She swore she saw him do it. Through the windows of a passing el train. This el train had no passengers on it. It was just being moved downtown. The lights were out, and they proved in court that at night you can look through the windows and (..)
    1957 12 Angry Men