PASSENGERS

Noun

passengers

plural of passenger

Source: Wiktionary


PASSENGER

Pas"sen*ger, n. Etym: [OE. & F. passager. See Passage, and cf. Messenger.]

1. A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer. Shak.

2. A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, railroad train, etc. Passenger falcon (Zoöl.), a migratory hawk. Ainsworth.

– Passenger pigeon (Zoöl.), the common wild pigeon of North America (Ectopistes migratorius), so called on account of its extensive migrations.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CONFORMITY

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