Passenger

n. [Fr., from passage, It. passaggiere.] A passenger. [Obs.]

n. [O. Eng. passager, q. v.; O. Fr. passagier, N. Fr. passager, Sp. pasagero, It. passaggiere, passeggiero, passeggiere, passeggiero. See supra, and cf. MESSENGER.] A passer or passer by; one who is making a passage; a traveler, especially by some established conveyance; a person conveyed on a journey.

Passenger-falcon, a kind of migratory hawk. Ainsworth.—Passenger-pigeon, a bird of the genus Columba (C. migratoria);—so called because it migrates from place to place in search of food.