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[ pas-er-bahy, -bahy, pah-ser- ] / ˈpæs ərˈbaɪ, -ˌbaɪ, ˈpɑ sər- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR passerby ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural pass·ers·by [pas-erz-bahy, -bahy, pah-serz-], /ˈpæs ərzˈbaɪ, -ˌbaɪ, ˈpɑ sərz-/, Origin of passerby1560–70; pass by + -er1, with postposing of the particle Words nearby passerbypassenger mile, passenger pigeon, passe-partout, passepied, passer, passerby, passeriform, passerine, pas seul, pass-fail, pass for Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for passerby"You're a bunch of killers," a passerby told cops standing sentry there, according to one police source. Anger at The Cop Killer - And The Police|M.L. Nestel|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Because while calling a passerby “sexy” may be uncouth, it shouldn't be illegal. Street Harassment Shouldn’t Be a Crime|Lizzie Crocker|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST She had been choked unconscious and very likely would have died had a passerby not scared away her attacker. The Math That Keeps Helping College Rapists|Michael Daly|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST I was in a production of Oliver Twist and I was a passerby, and I had five words: “Coming down the street there!” Lupita Nyong’o On Her Magical Journey from Kenya to ‘12 Years A Slave’ and Possible Oscar Glory|Marlow Stern|February 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A passerby found her body last week, half hidden, half burned, in the Bois de Boulogne on the outskirts of Paris. France’s New Prostitution Law Targets Johns, Ignites National Debate|Christopher Dickey|December 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST It was a door perennially open, lest some passerby might escape without the greeting. The Seven-Branched Candlestick|Gilbert W. (Gilbert Wolf) Gabriel Shop windows, freshly decked, tempted the passerby with foretastes of the season's styles in gowns and hats and furs. Destiny|Charles Neville Buck A passerby appears down the path, and she hastily withdraws her hand. It is well that you should call to every passerby, "Look here!" Bleak House|Charles Dickens A passerby is first attracted by the bright color of a map showing the London subway system. Papers and proceedings of the thirty-fifth general meeting of the American Library Association, 1913|Various
British Dictionary definitions for passerby
noun plural passers-bya person that is passing or going by, esp on foot Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to passerbystroller, walker, hiker, eyewitness, observer, spectator, onlooker, bystander, witness, jaywalker, ambler, viewer, kibitzer, watcher, looker-on, beholder, passer-by, gaper |