passenger

noun, often attributive

pas·sen·ger | \ ˈpa-sᵊn-jər

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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 Gray wants to include video from an incident on May 6, 2019, when Floyd was a passenger in a vehicle that had been stopped by the Minneapolis police. — Rochelle Olson, Star Tribune, "Prosecutors seek privacy order to keep details of George Floyd's 2019 arrest from public view," 13 Oct. 2020 According to a probable cause statement, Dunning was a passenger in a car driving past the Helaman Halls dorms shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday. — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, "UVU soccer played arrested for shooting 3 BYU students with a BB gun," 13 Oct. 2020 Just one week before delivering the commencement address, Ifill had been a passenger on an Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia. — Melissa Harris Perry, Glamour, "Sherrilyn Ifill, Civil Rights Superhero," 13 Oct. 2020 Amanda Shea Barker, 28, was a passenger in a 2017 Jeep Wrangler traveling south on Arkansas 33 shortly after midnight, a preliminary report states. — David Wilson, Arkansas Online, "State police: 3 killed in separate weekend crashes," 12 Oct. 2020 Sky Danee Campbell, of Baltimore, was a passenger on a dirt bike that collided with another bike traveling in the same westbound lane of Murkle Road just before 8:15 p.m. — Washington Post, "Woman killed, 2 men injured when dirt bikes collide in Carroll County," 11 Oct. 2020 Police did not say who was the driver and who was the passenger during the incident. — Kaylee Remington, cleveland, "Two men arrested in shooting at Lorain police officer during Tuesday night chase," 8 Oct. 2020 According to a news release from the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office: Jane Strobel, 68, of Kewaskum was the passenger in a GMC Acadia being driven east on Highway 33 by a 67-year-old man just before noon July 8. — Eddie Morales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "A Milwaukee woman has pleaded not guilty to charges in connection with a fatal head-on collision in the town of Saukville," 6 Oct. 2020 The woman and child were shot during a domestic situation, but the man was the passenger in a passing car that was carjacked at Grand National Boulevard and Overland Ridge as a suspect fled police, said Boone County Sheriff Lt. Ridgell. — Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer, "Boone County Sheriff: Three people shot, one fatally, in domestic incident, carjacking," 3 Oct. 2020

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“Passenger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passenger. Accessed 29 Oct. 2020.

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passenger

noun

English Language Learners Definition of passenger

: 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

British : a person in a group who does not do as much work as others

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pas·sen·ger | \ ˈpa-sᵊn-jər

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Kids Definition of passenger

: someone riding on or in a vehicle

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