passenger

sostantivo

1. 1

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

   It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.

   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. 2

   informaleSomebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.

3. 3

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

4. 4

   obsoletoA migratory bird, a bird of passage.

   Meander, thou my faithfull Counſellor, Declare the cauſe of my conceiued griefe, Which is (God knowes) about that Tamburlaine: That like a Foxe in midſt of harueſt time, Dooth pray vppon my flockes of Passengers: […]

5. 5

   obsoletoA passer-by; a wayfarer.

   These are my mates, that make their wills their law, / Have some unhappy passenger in chase.

   [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. 6

   obsoletoA ship carrying passengers, a ferryboat.

7. 7

   A moth, Dysgonia algira

8. 8

   Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.

verbo

1. 1

   To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.

Forme

plurale

passengers

passato

passengered

participio passato

passengered

participio presente

passengering

3ª persona singolare

passengers