passenger

noun

One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.

(informal, chiefly UK) Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.

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

A moth, Dysgonia algira

(military) Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.

(obsolete) A migratory bird, a bird of passage.

(obsolete) A passer-by; a wayfarer.

(obsolete) A ship carrying passengers, a ferryboat.

verb

(intransitive) To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.

Roots

passuspass- · Latin · step, pace

Synonyms for passenger

straphangern commutern journeyern voyagern sightseern excursionistn tourern

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Where does passenger come from?

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