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passengern. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French passager. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman passager, passageur, passajour and Middle French passager, passagier (French passager ) ferry (1297 or earlier in Anglo-Norman; also as adjective in bat passager ferry (1309 or earlier in Anglo-Norman)), ferryman (c1330), traveller (1401 or earlier in Anglo-Norman), passenger on a ship (c1550) < passage passage n. + -ier -ier suffix; compare -er suffix2. Compare post-classical Latin passengera boat that carries travellers, ferry (1404 in a British source).The β. forms show the development of an intrusive n before g found chiefly in loanwords from the late Middle English period onwards (see E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §438, and compare harbinger n., messenger n., porringer n., etc.). With sense 5a compare Middle French, French oiseau passager migratory bird (1564). It is unclear whether the following early examples (in sense 2) are to be interpreted as Anglo-Norman or Middle English:1337 Close Roll, 11 Edward III 1 June (P.R.O.: C 54/158) m. 10 Duas naues vocatas Passaiours pro passagio suo & familie sue.1393 in L. T. Smith Exped. Prussia & Holy Land Earl Derby (1894) 279 Pro vj passaiours et j balinger conductis de Caleys vsque Douer.1414 Close Rolls Henry V 133 [To arrest ships called] passagers. society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > ferryman α. 1346–7 in W. Hudson (1906) I. 262 Johannes de Heuingham passager. 1394 in A. Beardwood (1939) 11 (MED) Johannes Burbach, Passager. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > passenger vessel > [noun] α. 1443 in H. Nicolas (1835) V. 239 (MED) Thei most leve iiij passagers & ij crayers at þe leest on þis syde. 1473 J. Paston in (2004) I. 469 Yisterdaye ij passagerys off Dovre were takyn. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart II. lvii. 197 He..toke the see in a passagere, & aryued at Calays. a1578 R. Lindsay (1899) I. 185 The schip..gaif hir self fourtht as ane passinger witht wyne. 1904 7 Sept. 8/1 There and back in the Middle Ages went the ‘Passagers’, as the ships which took the travellers were called; about twelve seem to have been the full complement. †3. society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] α. a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng (Lamb.) (1887) i. l. 16593 By passagers wel herde he seye Þe venimouse eyr was al a-weye. a1500 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville (Stowe) 16539 (MED) A Pylgrym or a passagour..reioyseth whan he Resorteth to his restynge place. ?1577 F. T. sig. Eviiiv Thinking to me they meant to gone vs by, As, passagers that would to further place. 1603 in (1838) 45 Ther vas neuer so mayny passageris heir a vay [in France]. 1675 in P. H. Brown (1911) 3rd Ser. IV. 660 Ther hath beine..Egiptians..assalting the pasagers by the high wayes. society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > emphasis by pretending to omit 1589 G. Puttenham iii. xix. 194 (margin) Paralepsis, or the Passager. society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle 1511 (Pynson) f. lij Syr Christofer Paluesyn, and the best passengers aforesayde lefte and forsoke oure Galye. 1585 R. Grenville Let. 25 Oct. in Coll. 1st Ser. I. 4 Pryvate persons who were passengers into Spaine from St. Domingo. 1611 T. Coryate sig. O5v There are..ferries or passages,..where passengers may be transported in a Gondola. 1648 S. Danforth 14 Some passengers died, travelling in the heat at their first landing. 1682 in L. Hertslet (1820) I. 63 In like manner no Algerine passenger being on board any ship or vessel in enmity with the said King of Great Britain shall be in any way molested. 1726 G. Shelvocke iv. 129 They brought with them the Spanish Captain, and some of the chief Passengers. 1766 O. Goldsmith II. i. 21 My ship sails to-morrow... What if you go in her as a passenger? 1796 E. Burke ii. 161 They were then only passengers in a common vehicle. 1841 XIX. 248/2 The experiment of forming a railway for passengers as well as general merchandise traffic, had scarcely been tried. 1883 F. M. Crawford xiii The ceaseless ring of the tram-cars stopping every few steps to pick up a passenger. a1901 W. Besant (1902) 246 We stood on deck watching the arrival of the passengers. 1932 W. Faulkner vi. 118 She just seemed to look outside herself for one moment like a passenger in a car. 1995 Jan. 20/3 There are three specific bandwagons on which academic libraries have become passengers in recent years: charterism, customer care and quality. †5. the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon) the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > caught in migration 1575 G. Turberville 176 Many times our happe is to haue Haggardes, or Passengers, or Lentrers, the which haue flowen either to the Riuer, or prayed for themselues. 1611 R. Cotgrave Pelerin,..the Faulcon tearmed a Passenger. 1614 S. Latham Contents sig. a2v Of the Passenger, or soare hawke. 1617 J. Minsheu A Passenger faulcon. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. lvii. 236 Merlins, Hagards, Passengers, wild rapacious Birds. the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > migration > migratory bird 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch 26 Which hathe geuen some occasion to holde..that the vulters are passagers, and come into these partes out of straunge countryes. 1624 J. Smith 171 Sometimes are also seene Falcons..but because they come seldome, they are held but as passengers. a1682 Sir T. Browne (1690) 4 Passager and migrant Birds..whom no Seas nor Places limit. a1798 T. Pennant (1948) 103 Golden Plouer of Edwards. Passager, a sort of Ruffe. A Grebe. 6. the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > one who takes no part in action > one who contributes no effort society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > team or group > member of > types of society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > boat racing or race > [noun] > types of rowing race > specific type of crew member 1852 J. F. Bateman iii. 23 Some University scratch Four-oared Races were rowed... Here would be seen three good oars endeavouring to row along a ‘passenger’, of some eleven stone weight. 1900 27 Feb. 4/3 The two inside men on the amateur side were practically ‘passengers’. 1914 6 Apr. 9/4 There was not a passenger in any division of the winning team. 1997 19 Feb. (Sport section) 7/2 Le Tissier can be a genius for a moment or two, but for the rest of the game he is a passenger. the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing > person > member of a team 1892 25 May 791/3 In the ordinary amateur band there are always several ‘passengers’. 1908 (War Office) 297 A sick or lame ox should be removed from the span at once, as he..is in fact ‘a passenger’, and has to be dragged along by the others. 1932 W. H. Auden i. 19 We simply can't afford any passengers or skrimshankers. 1946 D. Hamson iv. 47 We nearly had to shoot both of them later on at different times, because they were lazy and untrustworthy and we had no room for ‘passengers’. 1989 27 Nov. 6 All departments..will have to take their share of passengers until there are..rules on the dismissal of..inefficient officers. society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train 1883 W. Busnach & H. F. Weed iv. i. 3 If I hadn't taken the emigrant train we might have come here on the same passenger to-night. 1920 ‘O. Douglas’ xxiii. 259 He could spend ecstatic days watching every ‘passenger’ and every ‘goods’ that rushed..along the permanent way. 1962 ‘D. Shannon’ ix. 145 I'd just taken a couple to the Union Station, I guess to make the Owl for San Francisco—only passenger I know of leaving about then. 1997 Summer 61 A small group waited outside..listening for the locomotive that pulled the passenger from Moncton to Sydney. Compounds C1. a. With the senses ‘carrying passengers’, ‘of or relating to passengers’. (a) 1852 F. L. Olmsted 10 An underling of ‘a respectable house’—advertised passenger agents of the ship. 1938 4 Apr. 9/1 He had worked up to the assistant passenger agent of the Detroit & Windsor Ferry Co. in 1933. 1986 (Brit. Airways) July 80/1 Clare McArdle, a senior passenger agent involved in check-in and meeting the public in Heathrow's Terminal 1. 1937 4 Oct. 23/4 Provision against freezing and against blocking by ice and snow must be made in carburettors, venturi tubes, and the vents of fuel and oil tanks in new passenger aircraft. 1991 Mar. 111/1 A passenger aircraft came within a split second of crashing because the co-pilot..was..exhausted. 1900 19 764/1 The passenger automobile is an accepted and rapidly-increasing institution. 1942 15 Jan. 1/2 The facilities of new car dealers will be used to store for a year or more an estimated 130,000 new passenger automobiles under a ‘stock pile’ plan. 2003 (Nexis) 6 Jan. (Metro Business section) d5 The [GPS] technology is being imported into passenger automobiles and long-haul trucks. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > passenger vessel > [noun] 1837 W. Ware tr. L. M. Piso I. 4 I marvel at your taking ship with so spotted a company, when there are these gay passenger-boats, sacred to the trim persons of the capital. 1918 W. Cather iii. iv. 320 He worked his way to this country on a little passenger boat. 1992 M. J. Staples (BNC) 83 Joe..saw barges cleaving the sunlit surface of the river, a crowded passenger boat in their wake. 1869 R. W. Meade (ed. 2) 149 In a merchantman, it gives large passenger cabins, airy as well as roomy. 1929 18 Oct. p. xii/1 The whole of the two-deck passenger cabins..is contained within the hull. 1995 Spring 25/2 Guide dogs for passengers with visual or hearing impediments are permitted in the passenger cabin. society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers 1832 1 305/3 Arrived, 9 passenger cars with 71 passengers. 1924 16 Feb. 294/1 Window sills and arm rests in all-steel passenger cars are generally made of wood. 1990 D. McIntosh 14 The first train out in the morning going my way was a milk train with one passenger car. society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers 1838 13 Oct. 32/1 The passenger carriages of the American railways are extremely large and commodious. 1879 July 165/1 A bustling little locomotive with one passenger-carriage comes whistling and fuming down the valley. 2003 (Nexis) 8 Feb. A huge silver locomotive hauls three passenger carriages, each about the size of a wingless jumbo jet. 1869 R. H. Dana (rev. ed.) 435 I..beheld..the ferryboats to the Contra Costa and capacious freighters and passenger-carriers to all parts of the great bay and its tributaries. 1917 J. London ix. 63 This ain't no regular cargo-carrier or passenger-carrier, no more than you gentlemen are a regular company of ship-owners. 1993 14 307 Fourteen of these airlines are major passenger carriers. 1854 11 Nov. 314/1 There will be a strong iron deck interposed between the furnaces and machinery below and the passenger department above. 1878 F. S. Williams (ed. 4) 621 Porters for the passenger department are not accepted if they are less than 5 ft. 8 in. high. 1997 (Nexis) 1 Mar. (News section) 24 Higgins worked for 12 years in the freight and passenger departments of the Rock Island railroad. 1847 13 Feb. 163/4 The subjects of building a branch road..and of extending the road into Boston for a passenger depot, were referred to the decision of the Directors. 1987 46 236 100 of them [sc. factory workers] marched to railroad shops and the freight and passenger depots. 1866 J. Disturnell 86 A passenger elevator to convey the guests to and from the several stories of the house. 1926 Aug. 196/1 We ain't no trunks. Take us up in a passenger-elevator. 1996 H. Petroski x. 211 To move the enormous numbers of people in and out and up and down the towers, 230 passenger elevators were designed. 1847 10 265 (table) At the same time the receipts have been affected by reductions in the passenger fares. 1882 H. de Windt 13 It is to be wondered how the passenger fares of this line can even be made to cover the outlay. 2002 (Nexis) 23 Dec. (Ports section) Rates on government-controlled railroads are kept high to subsidize passenger fares. 1904 at Passenger Passenger jetty. 1943 H. Abend ii. 10 We piled ashore at the one little roofed passenger jetty on the island of Shameen. 2002 (Nexis) 19 Aug. There was no proper passenger jetty at Cochin port to receive passengers. 1873 Apr. 80/3 At each end of the building will be two passenger lifts, besides a fine airy staircase. 1931 16 Mar. 21/7 An unique and beautifully-fitted flat, ideally situated and equipped with constant hot water, central heating, passenger and service lifts. 1993 Sept. 34/1 Yokohama, Japan, where thrill-seekers are elevating their minds in the world's fastest passenger lift. 1846 Oct. 491 The great mass of the passenger lines in England have cost at the rate of thirty-five thousand pounds per mile. 1896 9 July 6/1 The passenger lines have secured gains on increases a year ago. 1993 B. Farthing (ed. 2) ii. 14 The demise of the great passenger lines has given way to a remarkable growth in cruise ships. 1881 Jan. 225 The refrigeration of..provisions in our large passenger liners, becomes daily of more importance. 1975 25 Nov. 7/1 This Soviet ship today became the first passenger liner to sail through the Suez Canal since it was reopened five months ago. 1843 C. Dickens (1844) xvi. 196 I've just now sent a boy up to your office with the passenger-list. 1928 R. Kipling 268 H.M.S. Great Britain carries a passenger list..of forty-five millions. 1992 17 Aug. 17/5 Her passenger list glittered with the Windsors and Churchills, Clark Gable and Fred Astaire. 1958 9 252 (table) Transport between aircraft and passenger lounge. 1986 J. Archer x. 126 At the desk he produced his ticket for the girl to check and was pleased to find that the passenger lounge was almost empty. 1856 W. J. Bromwell 12 The first Report..consists of literal copies of passenger manifests containing over ten thousand names. 1884 June 61/2 Hundreds if not thousands of tons of account books, bond books, cargo and passenger manifests..are here stowed away. 1994 M. O. Martin & G. Benford in L. Niven et al. (1994) iii. 288 There had to be a passenger manifest somewhere. 1904 at Passenger Passenger pier. 1984 24 648 The construction of four bridges and of a cargo and passenger pier near Paotaishan are the key projects. 2001 (Nexis) 146 1 The great passenger piers of New York's waterfront are now sports bars..and indoor tennis courts. society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > aircraft for goods or passengers 1919 7 258 Lord Montagu in his paper on world air routes assumes about 1,200 miles a day as the average passenger-plane speed. 1931 W. L. Smith i. 4 In about the same period [12 yrs.], the capacity of passenger planes has increased from 2 to 30 passengers. 1992 26 Jan. 26/3 Although military aircraft were the primary beneficiaries, there were spillover benefits for passenger planes. 1844 c. 85 §6 All Passenger Railway Companies..shall..provide for the Conveyance of Third Class Passengers to and from the terminal and other ordinary Passenger Stations of the Railway. 1908 1 May 719/2 The best exhibit of a passenger railway car in the interest of the crusade against tuberculosis. 1992 19 May 15/4 It is housed on the original site of the oldest passenger railway station in the world. 1848 11 324 Of the gross sum £8,366,000, the passenger receipts were £5,024,000. 1878 F. S. Williams (ed. 4) 264 Some discrepancy in the account of the passenger receipts per train mile. 1996 56 176 An accurate projection of this ratio implies reliability in estimates of freight and passenger receipts. 1846 Oct. 495 The passenger service rendered by the British railways in 1844–5, was equivalent to five hundred millions of passengers carried one mile. 1889 ‘M. Twain’ xl. 513 I was shrewd enough to make all offices connected with the passenger service places of high and distinguished honor. 1997 12 Mar. 22/1 It cannot afford to reinstate the trackwork and a passenger service without the help of a freight company. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > passenger vessel > [noun] 1602 James VI Let. in J. Bruce (1849) 145 It was long before he coulde gett his pacquette transported by sea, for laike of pansinger shippes. 1836 C. P. Traill 7 The ‘Laurel’ is not a regular passenger-ship. 1991 Nov. 72/3 The 1,300-passenger ship will have a European flavour, with an Italian-style piazza. 1844 c. 85 §6 The Conveyance of Third Class Passengers to and from the terminal and other ordinary Passenger Stations of the Railway. 1907 10 June 9/1 The passenger station has not been interfered with, except in No. 1 bay-line. 1990 L. Grayson (BNC) 79 There will be major effects in Kent..where British Rail is to build a new international passenger station. society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > passenger vessel > [noun] society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > propelled by steam engine > passenger-steamer 1851 Nov. 462/1 The passenger steamers present a curious contrast to the sea-going steamers with which we are familiar. 1893 A. Bierce 159 Instead of embarking for my return on one of the many fine passenger steamers I booked for New York on the sailing vessel Morrow. 1994 Nov. 86/1 Lake Temiskaming was busy with passenger steamers, tugboats towing their huge logbooms. 1841 XIX. 260/2 The passenger-tax..amounts to one-eighth of a penny per mile for every passenger carried. 1908 71 107 The Passenger Tax for the fiscal year ended 31st March, 1907..amounted to 356,642l. for the railways in Great Britain. 1995 21 Oct. (WeekEnd section) 23/7 (advt.) The return fare is subject to availability... Passenger taxes will apply. 1916 J. A. Droege (title) Passenger terminals and trains. 1940 Apr. 46/2 Hose Coupler, brakeman who handles trains by himself with the road engine around a big passenger terminal. 1995 16 Mar. i. 14 (caption) The airport's new passenger terminal is one element of the ambitious investment. 1850 D. Lardner 148 The passenger tickets of each class are issued in numerical order. 1903 ‘Marjoribanks’ 17 He had forgotten to return the left-luggage ticket that the Luton girl had handed to him when searching for her passenger ticket. 1992 60 903 The O&D consists in its most basic form of a 10% random sample of all airline passenger tickets issued by U.S. airlines. 1780 A. Young ii. vi. 30 At the ports of Belfast, Derry, &c. the passenger trade as they called it, had long been a regular branch of commerce, which employed several ships, and consisted in carrying people to America. 1866 ‘M. Twain’ (1967) 21 The sailing vessels..[are] too slow and uncertain to build up the passenger trade. 1972 ‘G. Black’ (1973) vii. 110 The public is held back by a long counter..only we don't have much public really, not being in the passenger trade. 1836 15 Oct. 30/1 No credit whatever was taken in the Eastern Counties Railway estimates for any of the passenger-traffic from transmarine sources. 1933 S. L. Miller xxi. 361 Efforts to increase the volume of railway passenger traffic have been in the past decade increasingly active. 1996 30 June 123/3 Passenger traffic is growing but so is competition. 1850 D. Lardner xix. 407 There are also passenger vehicles supported on six wheels, and consisting of six compartments. 1931 28 Feb. 431/2 Ford sales of passenger vehicles (commercial vehicles are excluded from these statistics) numbered 4,295. 1993 July 433/2 In Europe there are only two firms producing the large extrusions..which are used to fabricate passenger vehicle body shells. 1883 ‘M. Twain’ xxii. 256 Freight and passenger way-traffic remains to the steamers. 1908 14 Mar. 2/1 Using the parallel of the street..he claimed that the river should be regarded as a passenger way. 1961 51 332 Passenger way switching. 1971 ‘R. Petrie’ xiv. 175 There was a large, dark saloon parked at the kerb... The nearside passenger window slid down and Tina called to him. 1996 13 Feb. 9/8 His attacker smashed the passenger window of the car in which he was sitting. (b) 1850 D. Lardner 96 (table) Mileage of Passenger-carrying Stock. 1909 8 Sept. 1/6 He was placed third in the speed contest,..and second in the passenger-carrying competition. 1992 Apr. 17/1 A fast, surface-skimming, cross-Channel, passenger-carrying craft. b. ‘Of or relating to passenger trains’. 1839 XIX. 49/2 Expense for some coals drawn by passenger engines. 1898 E. B. Ivatts (ed. 3) 553 Passenger engine, an engine having not more than four wheels coupled, and sometimes with single driving wheels of large diameter suitable for running trains at high speeds. 1991 Mar. 147/1 These purely passenger engines were not fitted with steam heating pipes on the front buffer beams. 1890 21 June 385/1 Passenger guards are men of experience and many of them have had to work as brakesmen and goods-guards many years before they are appointed to a passenger train. 1971 14 642 Signalmen at that time earned something over 21s. per week and passenger guards averaged 28s. 8d. per week. 2002 (Nexis) 21 Feb. 11 His grandfather was a passenger guard.., his father was a signalman. 1852 C. King 33 This year succeeded in advantageously using anthracite in fast passenger locomotives. 1903 Oct. 351 (caption) Pacific-4–6–2 Type Passenger Locomotive—Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway. 1991 Mar. 114/3 From a grimy freight locomotive to a spotless passenger locomotive. C2. With a unit of distance, etc. 1892 2 586 Summary: increase in mileage, 3·64 p.c.; in number of passengers, 161 p.c.; in number of passenger-kilometres, 85·14 p.c. 1997 Oct. 39/1 (caption) World traffic volume, measured in passenger-kilometers (pkm), will continue to balloon, with higher-speed transport gaining market share. the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > mile > distance in miles > unit of distance travelled 1888 51 30 They might take an average of a ton-mile or a passenger-mile for metropolitan traffic. 1943 47 249 An expectation that the accident rate can..be reduced to a long-term average of no more than 1·0 fatality per 100,000,000 passenger-miles. 1990 C. Rose (1991) vi. 185 Buses were deregulated and passenger-miles dropped 10%. 1850 D. Lardner xiv. 272 The total passenger mileage in these three years was, 239,629,541 miles. 1978 126 427/1 In London Transport, we have adopted as our corporate aim the maximization of passenger-mileage within the financial resources available to us from fares and grants. 1990 D. Adamson (BNC) British Rail expects to double passenger mileage between 1988 and 2020. C3. 1970 1 Dec. 7/6 (advt.) Add to this a safety body with rigid passenger cell between progressively crushable front and rear sections..and you'll understand why the safety fans are so fanatical about the Ro80. 2003 (Nexis) Jan. 36 Designers also worked to design a front end that would allow energy from an impact to go around the passenger cell as opposed to right through it. society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers 1841 XIX. 258/2 The weight of the ordinary passenger-coaches, when empty, is mostly from three to five tons. 1877 ‘E. W. Martin’ 227 An engine with a postal car attached was coupled to two passenger coaches. 1966 ‘A. Hall’ xvii. 154 Passenger coaches serving the eighteen international airlines. 1992 16 Nov. 1/4 Rescue squads searched for passengers believed to be lying under a passenger coach which tumbled on to an adjacent street. 1854 Jan. 74/2 The opening of the first class passenger door of egress announces the speedy debouchement of your own crowd of expectants. 1952 No. 165. 24 It is authorized that 87 occupants may be carried in aircraft with six exits, and one passenger door in the passenger area. 1995 C. Bateman xxxi. 260 He looped his arm through the case handle and pushed the passenger door open. 1969 J. Gardner x. 216 He removed the bar, gently placed it on the passenger-side floor. 1992 Feb. 26/2 The dash then falls right away on the passenger side to become just a big, low and distant shelf. society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > of specific type or position 1867 10 Aug. 94/2 The pairs of passenger seats in railroad cars. 1937 M. Allingham xxiv. 299 The body lay doubled up on the floor with..its head jammed against the front of the passenger seat. 1995 60/3 The extreme hazard of installing a rearward-facing child seat on the passenger seat. society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > passenger train 1836 5 Nov. 83/1 What is the usual weight you carry in one of your trains; your passenger train?.. Not more than thirty to forty tons, carriages and passengers together. 1937 Mar. 88/2 Each [van]..is vacuum fitted and fully equipped for working on fast passenger trains. 1998 S. Faulks ii. i. 129 There was a goods siding with rusted buffers and two platforms for the passenger trains. 1949 5 Nov. 825/1 These viruses may have some of the characters of passenger viruses but they have also something more. 1963 7 552 It is..difficult to decide the role of any passenger virus found in human tumors which does not produce tumors in animals. 1968 15 Mar. 1250/2 The results indicate that passenger leukocytes in organ allografts may be important immunogenic agents. 1987 D. J. Weatherall et al. (ed. 2) I. iv. 84/1 In the tissue allograft there are leucocytes of donor origin, which for years have been defined functionally as passenger leucocytes. 1996 P. H. Duesberg iii. 74 But for every truly dangerous virus, many more perfectly harmless passenger viruses can be found in humans and animals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022). passengerv. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: passenger n. Etymology: < passenger n. 1874 Apr. 315/2 ‘Boats’, and ‘ships’, sailing over impossible rivers and seas, rigged and manned, and cargoed and passengered..in ways fitted to make genuine sailors die of laughter. 1929 R. Graves 27 That was the hospital-boat of twelve years back, Passengered as before with doubt and dying. 1955 W. Gaddis iii. i. 723 Traffic often consists only in the gay orange garbage carts, passengered by black vultures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.1346 v.1874 |
