Category:Passenger

Pas"sen*ger, n. Etym: [oe. & f. passager. See passage, and cf. Messenger.]

1. A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer. Shak.

2. A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, Railroad train, etc. Passenger falcon (zoöl.), a migratory hawk. Ainsworth. -- passenger pigeon (zoöl.), the common wild pigeon of north america (ectopistes migratorius), so called on account of its extensive Migrations.