Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person who hides on board a ship, train, etc. so as to get a free passage.

    blinder Passagier, blinde Passagierin

    безбилетникbezbiletnik

    a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Tom came to America as a stowaway on a ship.

    deTom kam als blinder Passagier eines Schiffes nach Amerika. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. It appears we have a stowaway.

    Схоже, у нас є безбілетний пасажир. — Ahha

  3. There's a stowaway on the ship.

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  4. Tom was a stowaway on a ship.

    ruТом был на судне без билета. — odexed

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  5. Tom was a stowaway on the ship.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
person who hides on a ship, train, etc.:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who hides on a ship, train, etc.:

Origin

From stow away, from stow and away.

From stow away, from stow and away.

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Forms

plural: stowaways

Word family

1 related words
Relatedstow away

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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