passer-by

• passerby

From passer +‎ by. Compare bystander.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.sə.baɪ/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpæs.ɚˌbaɪ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑː.sə.bɑɪ/

passer-by (plural passers-by)

1. A person who is passing by (that is, walking past).

   Synonym: (archaic) passer

   When he tripped and fell in the street, several kind passers-by helped him up.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 10, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     With a little manœuvring they contrived to meet on the doorstep which was […] in a boiling stream of passers-by, hurrying business people speeding past in a flurry of fumes and dust in the bright haze.

• passer-through

• bypasser