Passer

/'pɑ:sə/
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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A person who goes past or by a place: A passer is someone who moves past a location, often without stopping or interacting.
    • A person who achieves a passing grade or standard: A passer is a student or candidate who succeeds in an examination or meets a required standard.
    • A person who transfers or hands something over: In some contexts, a passer is one who gives or transmits something to another.
    • A person who is accepted as a member of a different group: A passer is an individual who is perceived or accepted as belonging to a different ethnic, racial, or social group than their own.
Examples of Usage
  • Noun:
    • The quiet street had only an occasional passer. (The street was quiet, with only someone occasionally walking by.)
    • She was a proud passer of the difficult bar exam. (She successfully passed the challenging bar exam.)
    • He acted as a passer of secret messages between the agents. (His role was to hand over secret messages between the agents.)
    • In the early 20th century, some individuals lived as passers to avoid racial discrimination. (To escape prejudice, some people lived being accepted as members of another race.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Passer-by" (often hyphenated): A person who is walking past a place, especially by chance.
    • A kind passer-by helped her pick up the dropped groceries. (A person who happened to be walking past helped her.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Passerby (n, often written as one word): Another term for a person who is walking past something.
  • Pass (v): The action from which "passer" is derived, meaning to go by, to succeed in a test, or to transfer something.
Synonyms
  • Pedestrian: A person walking along a road or in a developed area.
  • Transmitter: One who sends or passes something along.
  • Examinee: A person who takes a test (specifically when referring to one who passes).
Related Phrases
  • Passer of judgment: One who makes a formal judgment or decision (less common, more formal).
    • The committee members were the final passers of judgment on the proposal. (The committee had the final authority to approve or reject the proposal.)
Related Idioms
  • A mere passer in the night: A poetic way to describe someone who has a very brief, fleeting encounter or presence in one's life.
    • They were not destined to be friends forever, just passers in the night. (Their connection was temporary and insignificant.)
Noun
  1. type genus of the Passeridae
  2. (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
  3. a student who passes an examination
  4. a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
  5. a person who passes by casually or by chance

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