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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Passenger \Pas"sen*ger\, noun [OE. & F. passager. See {Passage}, and cf. {Messenger}.]
1. A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer. --Shak.
2. A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, railroad train, etc.
{Passenger falcon} (Zo["o]l.), a migratory hawk. --Ainsworth.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
passenger
noun: a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it [syn: {rider}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "passenger": adventurer, alpinist, astronaut, camper, climber, comers and goers, commuter, cosmopolite, cruiser, excursionist, explorer, fare, globe-girdler, globe-trotter, goer, hajji, jet set, jet-setter, journeyer, mariner, mountaineer, palmer, passerby, pathfinder, pilgrim, pioneer, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sailor, sightseer, straphanger, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, traveler, traveller, trekker, tripper, viator, visiting fireman, voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wayfarer, world-traveler
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