Passenger \Pas"sen*ger\, n. [OE. & F. passager. See {Passage}, and cf. {Messenger}.] 1. A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer. --Shak. 2. A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, railroad train, etc. {Passenger falcon} (Zo["o]l.), a migratory hawk. --Ainsworth. {Passenger pigeon} (Zo["o]l.), the common wild pigeon of North America ({Ectopistes migratorius}), so called on account of its extensive migrations.