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   passenger

   /ˈpas(ɪ)n(d)ʒə/

   noun

   • 1. a traveller on a public or private conveyance other than the driver, pilot, or crew: "more than 50 passengers escaped injury when a train was derailed" Similar travellercommutervoyagerriderfare payerfaredeck passengerfoot passenger
   • ▪ a member of a team or group who does far less effective work than the other members: "he had been a superlative teacher but his health was gone and he was now a passenger" Similar hanger-ondroneidlerparasiteinformal:freeloader

   Word Origin Middle English: from the Old French adjective passager ‘passing, transitory’, used as a noun, from passage (see passage1).

   Scrabble Points: 12

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