Definition of "passenger" in English

noun

1. One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.

2. (informal, chiefly UK) Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.

3. (falconry) A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.

4. (obsolete) A migratory bird, a bird of passage.

5. (obsolete) A passer-by; a wayfarer.

   • [The boys] have taken possession of the turnpike road to play the before-mentioned games, to the serious inconvenience of the passengers, one of whom, a woman, was yesterday knocked down by a nurr which struck her in the head.

6. (obsolete) A ship carrying passengers, a ferryboat.

7. A moth, Dysgonia algira

8. (military) Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.

verb

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