Passer
['pɑːsə] or ['pæsɚ]
Definition
(noun.) type genus of the Passeridae.
(noun.) (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass.
(noun.) a student who passes an examination.
(noun.) a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group.
Typed by Leona--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who passes; a passenger.
Edited by Carlos
Examples
- The Lock Arthur Clennam stood in the street, waiting to ask some passer-by what place that was. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The passer-by, the man who happened to be about, had come into existence. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If I had been a casual passer-by, I should have probably supposed that some childless person lay dead in it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Holmes was silent and motionless; but I could tell that he was keenly alert, and that his eyes were fixed intently upon the stream of passers-by. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- One or two of these passers-by slackened their pace to glance curiously at her lonely figure; but she was hardly conscious of their scrutiny. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Laurie burst out with a hearty boy's laugh, which made several passers-by smile in spite of themselves. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Outside, the stars were shining coldly in a cloudless sky, and the breath of the passers-by blew out into smoke like so many pistol shots. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The night, however, was extremely dark and stormy, so that, in spite of the help of several passers-by, it was quite impossible to effect a rescue. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Edited by Joanne