passer
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4.9
- noun
- /ˈpæsər/
:
transeúnte
- I looked at her again and saw the passers-by staring at her.
This is an accepted form of courting and only in respectable middle class areas are passers by likely to call the police.
- This is an accepted form of courting and only in respectable middle class areas are passers by likely to call the police.
- But since our ears are only passers by on this old world which aerates the brain as a twirls round on its spiny top, they had a perch for occasional wisps.
Examples
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In the arched portal of an old church, he saw women pouring cups of water and lemonade for passers-by.
Fiction book (2002) -
I waited until the passers-by outside had all passed by.
Fiction book (1999) -
Just another passer-by going by.
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I felt how far removed we were from these passers-by, from this street, this city, this sea.
Fiction book (1994) -
The four of us are just passers-by
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Because the event took place outside, it attracted a bunch of passers-by, and the party grew.
Blog text (24) -
My dog will bark at any passers-by
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Everything happened in slow motion: our steps, the gestures of the few passers-by, the scarcely perceptible breeze.
Fiction book (1993) -
"Digit!" Dora raced to his aid, ignoring the curious stares of several passers-by.
Fiction book (2000) -
The street performer captivated the passers-by with his magic tricks.
Synonyms
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3.3
A person who is walking past a place by chance
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3.6
A person who is walking past a place by chance
A person who walks past a place
Compounds
- Formal
1
9.9
An official document that lets a person travel or enter restricted areas
A player in American football who throws the ball forward to move it down the field
- Specialized
A group of small birds that includes common sparrows like the house sparrow
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Passer comes from the verb pass, meaning 'to move past', and is the same idea as a passer-by. So a passer is simply a person who goes by or walks past a place, often just by chance.