Meaning

7 senses
  1. One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.

  2. One who passes something along; a distributor.

    a passer of counterfeit banknotes

    a student who passes an examination

  3. Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.

    Passer m Passgeber

    a person who passes by casually or by chance

  4. 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

  5. (informal)A passed pawn.

  6. 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.

  7. (archaic)One who passes; a passer-by.

    a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group

Examples

35 sentences
  1. Tom was rescued by a passer-by.

    ruТома спас прохожий.

    deTom wurde von einem Passanten gerettet.

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  2. The explosion killed several passers-by.

    ruВзрывом убило нескольких прохожих.

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  3. They distributed pamphlets to passers-by.

    ruОни раздавали прохожим листовки.

    deSie verteilten Flugblätter an Passanten.

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  4. My mother often slaps passers-by.

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  5. She smiled at a passer-by.

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Translations

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Forms

plural: passers
Singularpasser
Pluralpassers

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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