passenger

(pasən jər)

noun

  1. Rare wayfarer
  2. a person traveling in a train, bus, boat, automobile, etc., esp. one not involved in operating the conveyance

Origin: ME passager < MFr < OFr passage, passage: the n is unhistoric, as in messenger

See passenger in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. A person who travels in a conveyance, such as a car or train, without participating in its operation.
  2. Informal A person who participates only passively in an activity.
  3. A wayfarer or traveler.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English passinger

Origin: , alteration of passager

Origin: , from Old French passageor

Origin: , from passager, passing

Origin: , from passage, passage; see passage1

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