passengers

Noun

passenger (plural passengers)

1. 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

   Synonyms:

   inmate

2. (UK, informal) Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.
3. A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
4. (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...
5. (obsolete) A passer-by; a wayfarer.
   • 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...
6. (obsolete) A ship carrying passengers, a ferryboat.

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