passenger Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
    rider.

WordNet

Pas"sen*ger noun
Etymology
OE. & F. passager. See Passage, and cf. Messenger.
Definitions
  1. A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer. Shak.
  2. A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, railroad train, etc.

Webster 1913