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non-passenger

non-passenger noun: not involving or relating to passengers. Also the alternative form of nonpassenger.

Noun

non-passenger (plural non-passengers)

  1. (attributive) Not involving or relating to passengers.
    • The electric locomotives, which have been a familiar sight for so many years, are to be withdrawn from passenger service, but a few will be retained for miscellaneous non-passenger duties.1961 October, “Talking of Trains: Metropolitan service revised”, in Trains Illustrated, page 584
    • The last but necessary characters to be described in the later 1970s, were the non-passenger locomotives brought into Amtrak stock with the purchase of the North-East Corridor from Conrail in 1976.1985, Rodger Bradley, Amtrak; The US National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Blandford Press, page 137

Also used as

non-passenger is also the alternative form of nonpassenger.

Forms of non-passenger

pluralnon-passengers

Origin of non-passenger

From non- + passenger.

Questions about non-passenger

What does non-passenger mean?
Non-passenger means not involving or relating to passengers.
What part of speech is non-passenger?
Non-passenger is a noun.
What is the plural of non-passenger?
The plural of non-passenger is non-passengers.

Words near non-passenger in the dictionary

  1. non-participations
  2. non-particular
  3. non-parties
  4. non-partisan
  5. non-party
  6. non-passenger
  7. non-passengers
  8. non-passing
  9. non-past
  10. non-paying
  11. non-payment

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