passenger
noun
pas·sen·ger
ˈpa-sᵊn-jər 
often attributive
1
: wayfarer
2
: a traveler in a public or private conveyance
Examples of passenger in a Sentence
There were two passengers in the car in addition to the driver.
There's no room for passengers on this project; everybody must do his share of the work.
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Mykonos alone hosted 768 cruise arrivals in 2024, bringing 1.29 million passengers to an island with only 10,000 permanent residents.
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Emese MacZko, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Abercrombie & Kent's Adriatic Voyage takes passengers through the heart of the Corinth Canal.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2025
The agency has about 60,000 employees and screens passengers at more than 400 U.S. airports.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,spencer Kimball,christina Wilkie,annie Nova,brian Evans,alex Harring,yun Li, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
Accommodating 2,713 passengers, with 875 staterooms; and 950 crew.
—Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
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Emese MacZko, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Abercrombie & Kent's Adriatic Voyage takes passengers through the heart of the Corinth Canal.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2025
The agency has about 60,000 employees and screens passengers at more than 400 U.S. airports.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,spencer Kimball,christina Wilkie,annie Nova,brian Evans,alex Harring,yun Li, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
Accommodating 2,713 passengers, with 875 staterooms; and 950 crew.
—Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Passenger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passenger. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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passenger
noun
pas·sen·ger
ˈpas-ᵊn-jər
: a person riding in or on a vehicle
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