passer
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
passer (plural passers)
- One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.
- 2008, David L. Streiner, Geoffrey R. Norman, Health Measurement Scales
- The distributions of scores on the exam for passers and failers are plotted […]
- 2008, David L. Streiner, Geoffrey R. Norman, Health Measurement Scales
- (sports) Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.
- (American football) A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
- (chess) A passed pawn.
- (archaic) One who passes; a passer-by.
- 1904, National Magazine (volume 20, page 147)
- Passers stopped and began to stare. A policeman was approaching up the street. Dave dodged back into the cab and banged the door.
- 1904, National Magazine (volume 20, page 147)
- (sociology) One who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.
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