Passer-by

//ˈpɑː.sə.baɪ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is passing by (that is, walking past).

    "When he tripped and fell in the street, several kind passers-by helped him up."

  2. 2
    a person who passes by casually or by chance wordnet

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passerpasserby

Example

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"I enquired of a passer-by which road to take."

Etymology

From passer + by. Compare bystander.

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