Usually means: Person walking by a location.
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  1. passerby: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. passerby: Merriam-Webster
  3. passerby: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. passerby: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. passerby: Vocabulary.com
  6. Passerby, passerby: Wordnik
  7. passerby: Wiktionary
  8. passerby: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. passerby (passer-by): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. passerby: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. passerby: Dictionary.com
  12. passerby: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Passerby, The Passerby: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. passerby: Rhymezone
  15. passerby: FreeDictionary.org
  16. passerby: Mnemonic Dictionary
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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of passer-by [A person who is passing by (that is, walking past).]

Similar:
onlooker, bystander, panhandler, motorist, picnicker, shopkeeper, loiterer, gawker, sidewalk, accosting, more...

Opposite:
pedestrian

Types:
pedestrian, more...

Phrases:
passerby plural, more...

Adjectives:
casual, first, innocent, occasional, unsuspecting, curious, next, male, ordinary, average, mere

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Similar:
onlooker, bystander, panhandler, motorist, picnicker, shopkeeper, loiterer, gawker, sidewalk, accosting, more...

Opposite:
pedestrian

Types:
pedestrian, more...

Phrases:
passerby plural, more...

Adjectives:
casual, first, innocent, occasional, unsuspecting, curious, next, male, ordinary, average, mere

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     olive,     maroon,     taupe, more...



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