Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who is passing by (that is, walking past).

    When he tripped and fell in the street, several kind passers-by helped him up.

    Passant, Passantin

    прохо́жийproxóžij, прохо́жаяproxóžaja

    прохо́жийproxóžyj, прохо́жаproxóža, перехо́жийperexóžyj

    a person who passes by casually or by chance

Translations

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Origin

From passer + by. Compare bystander.

From passer + by. Compare bystander.

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Forms

plural: passers-by

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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