pas|sen|ger

pas|sen|ger
pas|sen|ger «PAS uhn juhr», noun.
1. a traveler in a train, bus, boat, airplane, or car, usually one that pays a fare: »

The airplane had many passengers going to London.

2. Archaic. a) a passer-by. b) a traveler; wayfarer: »

a foot passenger. And the passengers that pass through the land... (Ezekiel 39:15).

[alteration of Middle English passager < Old French passagier < passage passage]

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