Passenger

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ˈpæsÉ™nd͡ʒəɹ/

Full definition of passenger

Noun

1. One who rides or travels in a train, motor vehicle, boat, ship, ferry, hovercraft, aircraft, etc., but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
• 2013-06-01, Ideas coming down the track, A “moving platform” scheme...is more technologically ambitious than maglev trains even though it relies on conventional rails. Local trains would use side-by-side rails to roll alongside intercity trains and allow passengers to switch trains by stepping through docking bays.
2. (falconry) A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
3. (obsolete) A passer-by; a wayfarer.
• 1599, William Shakespeare, , V. iv. 15:These are my mates, that make their wills their law,
  Have some unhappy passenger in chase.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.