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passersby

[pas-er-bahy, -bahy, pah-ser-]

noun, plural pass·ers·by

[pas-erz-bahy, -bahy, pah-serz-] ,

a person passing by.

Also, pass·er-by.

Origin:
1560–70; pass by + -er¹, with postposing of the particle

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