different between passenger vs aerobridge

English

Etymology

From Old French passagier

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pæs?nd???/, /?pæs?nd???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pæs?nd???/, /?pæs?nd???/
• Hyphenation: pas?sen?ger

Noun

passenger (plural passengers)

1. One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.

   Somebody in a team who does not do their fair share of the work.

2. (falconry) A young hunting bird that can fly and is taken while it is still in its first year.
3. (obsolete) A passer-by; a wayfarer.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, V. iv. 15:

     These are my mates, that make their wills their law, / Have some unhappy passenger in chase.

4. (military) Any of the individual warheads of a MIRV missile.

Derived terms

• foot passenger
• non-passenger, nonpassenger
• passenger mile

Translations

Verb

passenger (third-person singular simple present passengers, present participle passengering, simple past and past participle passengered)

1. (intransitive) To ride as a passenger in a vehicle.

See also

• driver
• rider

Anagrams

• sap greens

English

Etymology

From aero- +? bridge

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????.???b??d?/

Noun

aerobridge (plural aerobridges)

1. (Britain, aviation) Alternative form of airbridge: an elevated corridor connecting an airport to a plane.