passenger en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpæs.ən.d͡ʒɚ/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
- /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈpæs.ən.d͡ʒə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Old French passagier with intrusive n (see etymology of messenger).
Meanings
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One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:A “moving platform” scheme[…]is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.
2013 June 1, “Ideas coming down the track”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 13 (Technology Quarterly):
- (UK, informal) Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.
- A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
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(obsolete) A migratory bird, a bird of passage.
Meander, thou my faithfull Counſellor, Declare the cauſe of my conceiued griefe, Which is (God knowes) about that Tamburlaine: That like a Foxe in midſt of harueſt time, Dooth pray vppon my flockes of Passengers: […]
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:
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(obsolete) A passer-by; a wayfarer.
[The boys] have taken possession of the turnpike road to play the before-mentioned games, to the serious inconvenience of the passengers, one of whom, a woman, was yesterday knocked down by a nurr which struck her in the head.
Quoted in 1905, William Carew Hazlitt, Faiths and Folklore (volume 2, page 595)These are my mates, that make their wills their law, / Have some unhappy passenger in chase.
c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv], line 15:
- (obsolete) A ship carrying passengers, a ferryboat.
- A moth, Dysgonia algira
- Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| passengers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
passenger dedicated line · passenger pigeon · passenger liner · passenger mile · way passenger · passengerless · copassenger · chance passenger · non-passenger · nonpassenger · passenger kilometer · passenger-side · passenger ship · passenger train · passenger seat · passenger compartment · blind passenger · passenger virus · passenger princess · preighter · foot passenger · passenger car
Synonyms
inmate (person borne by a vehicle)
Translations (154)
sv passagerare (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · cmn 乘客 (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · sw abiria (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · da passager (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · af passasier (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · nn passasjer (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ml യാത്രക്കാരൻ (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ja 乗客 (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · el επιβάτιδα (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · cs pasažér (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · nl passagier (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · vo melahitävan (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · crh yolcu (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · et sõitja (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · mn зорчигч (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · bn রাহী (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · hi यात्री (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · tg мусофир (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · bcl lunad (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · pl pasażer (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · bg пасаже́рка (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · bn যাত্রী মুসাফির (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ps مسافر (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · sh пу̑тнӣк (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · uz passajir (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · bg пасаже́р (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · de Fahrgästin (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ka მგზავრი (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · vo melajitävan (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · be пасажы́рка (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · tt юлчы (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · prs مُسَافِر (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · tk ýolagçy (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · gl pasaxeiro (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · cs cestující (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · kk жолшы (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ar مُسَافِر (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · pl pasażerka (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · vo tävan (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · de Fahrgast (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ms penumpang (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · lo ຜູ້ໂດຍສານ (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · kmr rêwî (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · vo nafatävan (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · sl potnik (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · pl ptak pasażer (young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year) · nb passasjer (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ug پاسساژىر (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · lv pasažiere (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · mi pāhihi (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ro pasager (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · fr passager (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ar مُسَافِرَة (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · de Passagier (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · nan-hbl 乘客 (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · fr passagère (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ar رَاكِب (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · mk патник (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · vo jitävan (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · mh bajinjea (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · vo nafahitävan (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · uk пасажи́рка (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · km អ្នកដំណើរ (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · el αργόμισθος (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · bg пъ́тник (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · yue 乘客 (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · id pasasir (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · hy ուղևոր (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ru пассажи́рка (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · gag pasajir (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · he נוֹסַעַת (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · pt passageiro (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · sq pasagjer (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · kk жолаушы (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · sk cestujúci (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ru пассажи́р (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · tr yolcu (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · bg пъ́тничка (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · az minik (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · wuu 乘客 (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · mwl passageiro (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · uk пасажи́р (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · hi पैसिंजर (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · mk патница (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · zza raywan (diq) (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ur مُسافِر (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · lt keleivė (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · mn ᠵᠣᠷᠴᠢᠭᠴᠢ (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · vi hành khách (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · vo nafajitävan (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · sl potnica (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · id penumpang (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · mi tangata eke (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · fa-ira مُسافِر (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · bg пъ́тница (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ro călător (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · hi मुसाफ़िर (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · uz yoʻlovchi (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · sk pasažier (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · mi kaieke (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · it passeggera (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ca passatger (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ko 려객 (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · fo ferðafólk (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ug يولۇچى (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · az sərnişin (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · sk cestujúca (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · my ခရီးသည် (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · lv pasažieris (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ja 旅客 (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ug يولوچى (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · bo འགྲུལ་པ (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · de Passagierin (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · is farþegi (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · sh pȗtnica (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · alt пассажир (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · es pasajera (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · la vector (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ko 승객 (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · th ผู้โดยสาร (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · el εκτοπιστής (young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year) · pt passageira (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ko 여객 (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · vo melatävan (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ro călătoare (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · it passeggero (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · lb Passagéier (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · eo pasaĝero (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ug پاسساژېر (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ur راکِب (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · io pasajero (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · he נוֹסֵעַ (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · cmn 旅客 (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · yue 旅客 (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · sh пу̑тница (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · az müsafir (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · fi matkustaja (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · kk жүргінші (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ro pasageră (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ar سَافِر (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · sh pȗtnīk (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · lt keleivis (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · sk pasažierka (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ota یولجی (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · vo hitävan (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · sq pasagjere (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · es pasajero (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · hu utas (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · be пасажы́р (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · cs pasažérka (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · mh ri-uwe (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · io pasajanto (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · ky жүргүнчү (one who rides or travels in a vehicle) · el επιβάτης (one who rides or travels in a vehicle)