Passenger Definition

păsən-jər
passengers
noun
passengers

Wayfarer.

Webster's New World
A person traveling in a train, bus, boat, automobile, etc., esp. one not involved in operating the conveyance.
Webster's New World
A person who participates only passively in an activity.
American Heritage
A wayfarer or traveler.
American Heritage

(falconry) A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.

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verb
(intransitive) To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.
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Other Word Forms of Passenger

Noun

Singular:
passenger
Plural:
passengers

Origin of Passenger

  • Middle English passinger alteration of passager from Old French passageor from passager passing from passage passage passage1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Passenger Sentence Examples

  • He reached the passenger side of the car and held the door open for her.

  • He opened the passenger door with a hopeful smile.

  • She pushed fast food trash from the passenger seat.

  • Darcie wasn't the only passenger on the stage to Springtown.

  • The earth, or other planet, does not actually move round the sun; yet it is carried round the sun in the subtle matter of the great vortex, where it lies in equilibrium, - carried like the passenger in a boat, who may cross the sea and yet not rise from his berth.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAS

Words Ending With

RERGER

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Words Starting With P and Ending With R

Starts With P & Ends With RStarts With PA & Ends With RStarts With P & Ends With ER

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With P9 Letter Words Ending With R