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passer

[ pas-er, pah-ser ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that passes pass or causes something to pass.
  2. a passerby.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of passer1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; pass, -er 1

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Example Sentences

They named Howe the smartest player, best passer and playmaker and best puck carrier.

He used his strength to overwhelm defenders but he also had nifty footwork, soft hands, and was a beautiful passer.

He was passed over by at least five teams that needed a passer.

“He is beautiful,” one accented passer-by says to the camera.

A year or so later, a magistrate fined her when her dog bit a passer-by in the Windsor Great Park.

Many of the inhabitants came out of their houses and gave it fodder, and every passer-by turned out of the way for it.

Many a passer-by would have found it difficult to guess the class of trade carried on by Monsieur Guillaume.

Behind such a wall the passer-by had a glimpse of the upper windows and steep roof of a house of considerable size.

The education of Humanity grows like those Eastern pyramids, to which each passer-by adds his stone.

He fancied that every passer-by looked at him in a peculiar way, with a sort of sarcastic astonishment and curiosity.

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