passenger


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
passenger/ˈpasɪnʤə(r)/
noun
  • 1 a traveller on a public or private conveyance other than the driver, pilot, or crew.
  • 2 chiefly Brit. a member of a team who does very little effective work.
– origin ME: from the OFr. adj. passager ‘passing, transitory’, from passage (see passage1).
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