'passenger' definitions:

Definition of 'passenger'

(from WordNet)
noun
A traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it [syn: passenger, rider]

Definition of 'passenger'

From: GCIDE
  • passenger \pas"sen*ger\ (p[a^]s"s[e^]n*j[~e]r), n. [OE. & F. passager. See Passage, and cf. Messenger.]
  • 1. A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, railroad train, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Passenger falcon (Zool.), a migratory hawk. --Ainsworth. [1913 Webster]