What does Passerby mean?

Definitions for Passerby
ˈpæs ərˈbaɪ, -ˌbaɪ, ˈpɑ sər-; ˈpæs ərzˈbaɪ, -ˌbaɪ, ˈpɑ sərz-passer·by

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. passerby, passer-by, passernoun

    a person who passes by casually or by chance

Wiktionary

  1. passerbynoun

    Alternative spelling of passer-by.

ChatGPT

  1. passerby

    A passerby is a person who is going past or along something on their way somewhere, particularly someone walking in a public place.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Passerby in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Passerby in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Passerby in a Sentence

  1. Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince:

    You are beautiful, but you are empty. One could not die for you. To be sure, an ordinary passerby would think that my rose looked just like you--the rose that belongs to me. But in herself alone she is more important than all the hundreds of you other roses: because it is she that I have watered.

  2. Simonides, Epitaph for the Spartans who fell at Thermopylae:

    Go tell the Spartans, Passerby, That here, obedient to their laws, We lie.

  3. Jesse Iwuji:

    Don’t be a passerby, go help if you see something wrong. Don’t just drive by with your cell phone and record it; stop and help. That was the main reason, to really show people that you can do your small part. It has nothing to do with trying to be a hero or anything like that. You just do the right thing.

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    a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
    A rumpus
    B affront
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