passenger

  • 21passenger — pas|sen|ger W2S3 [ˈpæsındʒə, sən US ər] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: passager, from passage; PASSAGE] 1.) someone who is travelling in a vehicle, plane, boat etc, but is not driving it or working on it ▪ Neither the driver nor the… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22passenger */*/*/ — UK [ˈpæsɪndʒə(r)] / US [ˈpæsɪndʒər] noun [countable] Word forms passenger : singular passenger plural passengers 1) someone who travels in a motor vehicle, aircraft, train, or ship but is not the driver or one of the people who works on it Two… …

    English dictionary

  • 23passenger — In general, a person who gives compensation to another for transportation. Shapiro v. Bookspan, 155 Cal.App.2d 353, 318 P.2d 123, 126. The word passenger has however various meanings, depending upon the circumstances under which and the context… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 24Passenger 57 — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Passagier 57 Originaltitel: Passenger 57 Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1992 Länge: 79 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 25passenger — 1. noun /ˈpæsənd͡ʒəɹ/ a) One who rides in a vehicle but is not the driver or part of the operating crew. b) A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year. 2. verb /ˈpæsənd͡ʒəɹ/ …

    Wiktionary

  • 26passenger — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rider, commuter, fare; hitchhiker, pickup, stowaway. See travel. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. wayfarer, voyager, fellow traveler, fellow passenger, rider, customer, patron, fare, commuter, tourist,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 27passenger — [14] Originally a passenger was a passager – someone who goes on a ‘passage’, makes a journey. The word was borrowed from Old French passager, at first an adjective meaning ‘passing’, which was derived from passage. The n began to appear in the… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 28passenger — noun (C) 1 someone who is travelling in a vehicle, plane, boat etc, but is not driving it or working on it: Neither the driver nor the passengers were hurt. | passenger train/carriage/car (=for people, not for goods) 2 BrE someone in a team who… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29passenger — n 1. rider, fare; equestrian, horseman; train patron, airplane passenger; sailor, boatman; hitch hiker. 2. wayfarer, journeyer, voyager, trekker; tourist, sightseer, commuter, cruiser, traveler, globetrotter, jet setter, Inf. bird of passage,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 30passenger — [14] Originally a passenger was a passager – someone who goes on a ‘passage’, makes a journey. The word was borrowed from Old French passager, at first an adjective meaning ‘passing’, which was derived from passage. The n began to appear in the… …

    Word origins