PASSENGER

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

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

2.
n.

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.