Synonyms for passer-by
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pas-er-bahy, -bahy, pah-ser- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæs ərˈbaɪ, -ˌbaɪ, ˈpɑ sər- |
Définition of passer-by
Origin :- also passerby, 1560s, from agent noun of pass (v.) + by; earlier, this sense was in passager (see passenger).
- As in eyewitness : noun person who sees an event occur
- It is the shadow of some passer-by thrown into relief on the light background.
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- This sound issued from the ragged individual, but the passer-by did not turn his head.
- Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
- The cabman bought a torch from a passer-by, and stuck it in his whip-barrel.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- But no group is insistent that the passer-by should look at it.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- How could the passer-by not be touched by the idea that the stone is so hard?
- Extract from : « A Literary History of the English People » by Jean Jules Jusserand
- Bewildered and oppressed, she touched a passer-by on the arm.
- Extract from : « Good Old Anna » by Marie Belloc Lowndes
- As he walked a passer-by could have seen that he was lame; he used a crutch.
- Extract from : « Sue, A Little Heroine » by L. T. Meade
- As he was about to return to the charge her Ladyship desired a passer-by to summon her carriage.
- Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
- One passer-by stopped to enquire if there was going to be a Battle of Flowers.
- Extract from : « Jack of Both Sides » by Florence Coombe
- Serfs were too likely to be questioned by the first passer-by who noticed them.
- Extract from : « Millennium » by Everett B. Cole
Antonyms for passer-by
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