passer-by
See also: passerby
English
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edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑː.sə.baɪ/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpæs.ɚˌbaɪ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɑː.sə.bɑɪ/
Noun
editpasser-by (plural passers-by)
- A person who is passing by (that is, walking past).
- Synonym: (archaic) passer
- When he tripped and fell in the street, several kind passers-by helped him up.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 10, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.
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edita person who is passing by
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