1 a person who is travelling in a car, bus, train, plane or ship and who is not driving it or working on it:
a passenger train (= carrying passengers, not goods)
2 (informal disapproving, especially BrE) a member of a group or team who does not do as much work as the others:
The firm cannot afford to carry passengers.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is passenger a noun, verb, or something else?
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