passenger

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Noun

Singular passenger

Plural passengers

1. A passenger is a person who is riding a vehicle—not the driver.

   The boat can carry 101 passengers at more than 80 km/h across waves 1.5 m high.

   The driver was killed in the car accident, but the two passengers were unharmed.

   Both passenger trains and freight trains use the same tracks.