Definition of passenger
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: wayfarer
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: a traveler in a public or private conveyance
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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 of passenger from the Web
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An adult passenger, 18, was flown to Rhode Island Hospital, while the 17-year-old was flown to Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
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The deal called for Airbus to provide procurement, sales and marketing support for the planes, which will seat 100 to 150 passengers, in exchange for 50.01 percent of the program.
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The driver and passenger were not wearing seatbelts, troopers said.
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Fire and rescue units also responded and determined that one occupant of the vehicle, a passenger, was deceased at the scene.
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Presley was tailing Green’s car on June 21 when Green and a passenger got out of the car and ran away.
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The car involved was a Chevy Cruze with a driver and no other passengers.
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Police have declined to identify a female passenger who was in the Hyundai.
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An hour into the 8 a.m. trip, the plane diverted to Rochester, Minn. after a separate passenger required medical assistance.
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Origin and Etymology of passenger
Middle English passager, from Anglo-French, from passage path, way, passage, from passer
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Definition of passenger for English Language Learners
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: a person who is traveling from one place to another in a car, bus, train, ship, airplane, etc., and who is not driving or working on it
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: a person in a group who does not do as much work as others
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Definition of passenger for Students
: someone riding on or in a vehicle
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