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pass·er-by

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. passerby, passer-by, passernoun

    a person who passes by casually or by chance

GCIDE

  1. Passer-bynoun

    One who passes by, especially casually or by chance; one not directly involved in some action; a passer.

Wiktionary

  1. passer-bynoun

    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.

ChatGPT

  1. passer-by

    A passer-by is a person who happens to be going past a particular place, especially when something unexpected happens.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Passer-bynoun

    one who goes by; a passer

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of passer-by in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of passer-by in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6


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