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passers-by

passers-by is the plural of passer-by.

Meaning of passer-by

Noun

passer-by (plural passers-by)

  1. A person who is passing by (that is, walking past).
    • When he tripped and fell in the street, several kind passers-by helped him up.
    Synonyms:
    passer

Forms of passers-by

alternative formpassersby

Questions about passers-by

What is passers-by the plural of?
Passers-by is the plural of passer-by.

Words near passers-by in the dictionary

  1. Passero
  2. passeroid
  3. passeroids
  4. Passeros
  5. passers
  6. passers-by
  7. passers-through
  8. passersby
  9. passes
  10. passes a good time
  11. passes a sponge over the slate

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