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pas·sen·ger (pas′ən jər)

noun

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

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

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passenger Synonyms

passenger

n.

wayfarer, voyager, fellow traveler, fellow passenger, rider, customer, patron, fare, commuter, tourist, excursionist, pilgrim, wanderer, straphanger*; see also traveler.


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passenger Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • carry: The Glasgow City & District Railroad alone carried 15,000 passengers on its opening day!

Adjective modifier

  • fellow: Fellow passengers on lots of history than a visitor.

Modifies a noun

  • ferry: Sark does not have its own airport nor does the harbor have the capacity to be reached by large passenger ferries.

Preposition: per

  • annum: This airport with a potential capacity of 63.9 million passengers per annum proves just how out of control the aviation industry is.

Noun used with modifier

  • pillion: In 1994, 445 bikers and pillion passengers were killed, compared with 1,749 car drivers and their passengers.
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passenger quotes

I am a passenger on the spaceship, Earth.

-Fuller, R(ichard) Buckminster

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