Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - passenger
Passenger
passenger
n. 1 a traveller in or on a public or private conveyance (other than the driver, pilot, crew, etc.). 2 colloq. a member of a team, crew, etc., who does no effective work. 3 (attrib.) for the use of passengers (passenger seat). Phrases and idioms passenger-mile one mile travelled by one passenger, as a unit of traffic. passenger-pigeon an extinct wild pigeon of N. America, capable of long flight. Etymology: ME f. OF passager f. OF passager (adj.) passing (as passage(1)): -n- as in messenger etc.
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noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English passager, from Anglo-French, from passage path, way, passage, from passer Date: 14th century wayfarer, a traveler in a public or private conveyance ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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