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passenger

/ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ noun A2
  1. One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
  2. A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
  3. A moth, Dysgonia algira
  4. Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.

Plural passengers

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There was no sign or trace of his passenger, and I fear it will be some time before he gets his fare.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 53 · B2
Workmen were immediately called in, and that same night the passengers at the end of the faubourg saw with surprise that carpenters and masons were occupied in repairing the lower part of the tottering house.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 947 · C1
The few foot passengers astir in that quarter hurried dismally and silently along with coat collars turned high and pocketed hands.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 24 · C1
Would it be possible for me to inspect the train which contained the passenger who heard the thud of a fall in the fog?”
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 14 · B2

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