Passer, genus Passer
(noun) type genus of the Passeridae
passer, forward passer
(noun) (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
passer
(noun) a student who passes an examination
passer
(noun) a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
passerby, passer-by, passer
(noun) a person who passes by casually or by chance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
passer (plural passers)
One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
(sports) Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
(American football) A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
(chess) A passed pawn.
(archaic) One who passes; a passer-by.
(sociology) One who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.
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Source: Wiktionary
Pass"er, n.
Definition: One who passes; a passenger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
