passenger

noun, often attributive

pas·sen·ger | \ ˈpa-sᵊn-jər

Definition of passenger

2 : a traveler in a public or private conveyance

Examples of passenger in a Sentence

There were two passengers in the car in addition to the driver. There's no room for passengers on this project; everybody must do his share of the work.

Recent Examples on the Web

The EX Premium includes a six-way power driver’s seat with lumbar (but no separate seat-cushion tilt) and a four-way manual front passenger seat with height adjustment. — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, "2018 Kia Niro PHEV: The future of plug-and-play," 13 July 2018 The result is that owners of passenger cars often pay higher total registration fees than owners of trucks that weigh as much as 30,000 pounds, Gannon said. — Sven Berg, idahostatesman, "Ada County drivers, you subsidize big trucks — even though they damage roads more.," 11 July 2018 Overall, sales of passenger cars rose 4.6% to 11.8 million in the January to June period, the manufacturers association said, while commercial vehicle sales were up 10.6% to 2.3 million. — Trefor Moss, WSJ, "Ford Sales Plummet in China, and New Tariff Hit Is Yet to Come," 11 July 2018 Elias reluctantly settled into his role, designing engines for passenger cars. — Jacob Sweet, miamiherald, "His dream was to race cars. Now this Miami kid is building them for one of best F1 teams," 10 July 2018 In addition, a battery plant will also be built near the existing passenger-car plant ensuring availability of cutting-edge technology for future generations of Mercedes-Benz vehicles built in the U.S. — Paul Takahashi, Houston Chronicle, "Hair Saloon plans Houston expansion," 10 July 2018 Maybe that’s because sunlight streaming through a passenger-car window bounces on and off a fellow traveler the way the light of a movie screen flickers across the audience. — Ron Grossman, chicagotribune.com, "A year later, still thinking about a stranger met on a train," 9 July 2018 Melissa Jaffe said Friday that a a southbound pickup truck crossed the median and struck a northbound passenger car. — CBS News, "Mother survives car crash that killed husband, 4 daughters," 7 July 2018 Walling said Moneypenny visited tracks near Detroit used by Ford and General Motors to test passenger cars. — Dave Caldwell, New York Times, "The Forgotten Figure Behind Daytona International Speedway," 7 July 2018

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