Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Passenger (-s)
passenger (-s), n. [ME < Fr. passager, passer-by, sojourner.] (webplay: between, bird, go, hinderance, night, run, safe, sun).
- Traveler; rider; one supported or carried.
- Emigrant; pilgrim; refugee; newcomer; one seeking residence in a new country.
- Lodger; tenant; [fig.] dead person; occupant of the grave.
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