/pas"euhn jeuhr/ , n.
1. a person who is traveling in an automobile, bus, train, airplane, or other conveyance, esp. one who is not the driver, pilot, or the like.
2. a wayfarer; traveler.
[ 1300-50; ME passager passag ( i ) er (adj.) passing, temporary; see PASSAGE, -IER 2 ; for -n- cf. MESSENGER, HARBINGER, SCAVENGER, POPINJAY ]