Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A person who passes by, especially casually or by chance.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who passes by or near. Also by-passer.
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of passer-by.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who passes by, especially casually or by chance; one not directly involved in some action; a passer.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who passes by casually or by chance
- n. a person who passes by casually or by chance
Examples
“Again, a passerby is the one who saw something, pulled over, saw the bodies, or at least one body at that hour, called the authorities.”
“In the first nine issues we've already had Batman ask Robin if he was retarded, The Joker strangling a woman he's just had sex with, Wonder Woman calling a passerby a "sperm bank," Batman and Black Canary having illicit sex on a filthy dock after just meeting.”
“The gangs of feral youths that "own" the streets now know that the chances of a policeman catching them in the act of mugging a passerby are almost zero, the chances of any CCTV actually working or producing a decent image or not being used to take photos of cars parked six inches onto a yellow line or one minute into a proscribed period are also nil and even if caught the chances of being charged let alone convicted are somewhat slim and as for having to go to prison for more than six months, the odds are infinitesimal.”
“But the thought of police officers lining the street, shoulder-to-shoulder, eyeballing every passerby which is what ubiquitous surveillance amounts to seems qualitatively different.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Times Square bombing — where were the cameras?
“passerby" out in my part of the country who was charged by a farmer's ferocious boar.”
“In fact, at various boat shows vendors talked among themselves just to break the tedium, and I could consume a giant doughy pretzel without any fear a passerby would catch me with my mouth full.”
The Huffington Post: Lita Smith-Mines: The Ebbs & Flows of the Economy
“The question of how it makes it through the rough spots and challenges lies entirely with you – the resident, the student, the business owner, the passerby.”
“What about a music instruction business utilizing the wide windows to attract passerby by allowing them to see the more accomplished (or not yet accomplished) musicians hone their skills?”
“Six years ago, a passerby found Del Bosco in a frozen creek bed with a broken neck, a dangerously low body temperature and no recollection of how he got there.”
For ski cross racer Del Bosco, new sport offered a fresh start
“One passerby, apparently moved by the improvements, paused, pulled out a small dog-eared notebook, and read them a poem he had written about dignity and respect.”
The Washington Post: How to soften the transition from sidewalk to front door
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Words in Passing
Words that contain "pass" in one form or another.
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