a person who is traveling in an automobile, bus, train, airplane, or other conveyance, especially one who is not the driver, pilot, or the like.
a wayfarer; traveler.
Origin of passenger
1300–50; Middle English passager<Middle French, noun use of passag(i)er (adj.) passing, temporary; see passage1, -ier2; for -n-cf. messenger, harbinger, scavenger, popinjay
If a passenger is indicated, they will also be required to take a selfie.
Electric moped startup Revel returns to New York with helmet selfie, other in-app safety features|Kirsten Korosec|August 27, 2020|TechCrunch
Pyrenean ibexes, dodo birds, passenger pigeons, and Tasmanian tigers are just a few of the many species of animals that humans have over hunted and wiped out.
Climate change probably contributed to the woolly rhino’s rapid demise|Sara Kiley Watson|August 25, 2020|Popular Science
It’s the same with ships out at sea with passengers who’ve tested positive for the virus.
Is Maritime Piracy Back from the Dead?|Eromo Egbejule|August 25, 2020|Ozy
That is particularly worrying in the case of airliners, in which many passengers are confined in a small space.
American Airlines touts a new tool to combat COVID. But does it really make flying safer?|dzanemorris|August 24, 2020|Fortune
In its final form, Starship is expected to be about 400 feet tall and 30 feet wide, able to take more than 100 tons worth of cargo and passengers to deep space destinations like the moon and Mars.
SpaceX flew a prototype of its Starship vehicle for the first time|Neel Patel|August 5, 2020|MIT Technology Review
A click sends a user to a statement, a list of passenger nationalities, emergency call-center numbers, and other information.
The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370|Lennox Samuels|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Alexander and Adorno were doing what they could to save the officer on the passenger side, Liu.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Brinsley stepped up to the passenger side of the patrol car, raised a silver Taurus semi-automatic pistol and began firing.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An Uber driver assaulted a passenger and it turned out he had a felony conviction, despite passing the background check.
The Ten Worst Uber Horror Stories|Olivia Nuzzi|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An Uber driver went on an anti-gay, ant-American rant before physically assaulting his passenger.
The Ten Worst Uber Horror Stories|Olivia Nuzzi|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sensation that a ship gives a passenger when it dips after a swell returned, but it quickly passed.
The Guns of Europe|Joseph A. Altsheler
Charges for freight and passenger travel were enormous in the early days of the road.
Prowling about Panama|George A. Miller
A few women are among them—stewardesses of passenger boats and the wives of the captains of the other sorts of vessels.
Harper's Round Table, October 15, 1895|Various
But think of a passenger that would have been perfectly thankful to have been thrown overboard!
Lord Dolphin|Harriet A. Cheever
There were no passenger coaches—nothing but freight-cars and a caboose.
McAllister and His Double|Arthur Train
British Dictionary definitions for passenger
passenger
/ (ˈpæsɪndʒə) /
noun
a person travelling in a car, train, boat, etc, not driven by him
(as modifier)a passenger seat
mainlyBritisha member of a group or team who is a burden on the others through not participating fully in the work
Word Origin for passenger
C14: from Old French passager passing, from passage1