passer
One who succeeds in passing a test, etcOne who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
» Tom was rescued by a passer-by.
Tom wurde von einem Passanten gerettet.
Tom ist von einem Passanten gerettet worden.
Тома спас прохожий.
Meaning
7 sensesOne who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
One who passes something along; a distributor.
a passer of counterfeit banknotes
a student who passes an examination
Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
Passer m Passgeber
a person who passes by casually or by chance
Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
(football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
(informal)A passed pawn.
One who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.
(archaic)One who passes; a passer-by.
a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
Examples
35 sentencesTom was rescued by a passer-by.
ruТома спас прохожий.
deTom wurde von einem Passanten gerettet.
The explosion killed several passers-by.
ruВзрывом убило нескольких прохожих.
They distributed pamphlets to passers-by.
ruОни раздавали прохожим листовки.
deSie verteilten Flugblätter an Passanten.
My mother often slaps passers-by.
She smiled at a passer-by.
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Forms
plural: passersSynonyms
4 synonyms- type genus of the Passeridae:genus Passer
- (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass:forward passer
- a person who passes by casually or by chance:passerbypasser-by