Hypertext Webster Gateway: "passenger"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Passenger \Pas"sen*ger\, n. [OE. & F. passager. See {Passage},
and cf. {Messenger}.]
1. A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer. --Shak.
2. A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach,
steamboat, railroad train, etc.
{Passenger falcon} (Zo["o]l.), a migratory hawk. --Ainsworth.
{Passenger pigeon} (Zo["o]l.), the common wild pigeon of
North America ({Ectopistes migratorius}), so called on
account of its extensive migrations.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
passenger
n : a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or
plane or train etc) who is not operating it [syn: {rider}]
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