passengers
plural of “passenger” — a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it
An inflected form of passenger · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,874 of 86,757 words measured. It occurs 46,066 times across 426,181 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it also: rider
passengers in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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It never stopped unless it had passengers.
Virginia's Ranch Neighbors · Grace May North · Chapter 1
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Groups of passengers gathered along the rails, although it was now very near midnight.
Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 · Various · Chapter 1
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Some passengers inside were rescued with great difficulty, and their lives were barely saved.
The Revolution in Tanner's Lane · William Hale White · Chapter 1
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As a matter of fact, I have seen passengers, after many sips, still doubting which had been supplied them.
Essays of Travel · Robert Louis Stevenson · Chapter 1
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The car was very still, there being few passengers, among them a very pleasant kind gentleman travelling with his pretty daughter.
From Plotzk to Boston · Mary Antin · Chapter 1