Passenger

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  passenger \pas"sen*ger\ (p[a^]s"s[e^]n*j[~e]r), n. [OE. & F.
     passager. See {Passage}, and cf. {Messenger}.]
     1. A passer or passer-by; a wayfarer. --Shak.
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     2. A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach,


        steamboat, railroad train, etc.
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     {Passenger falcon} (Zool.), a migratory hawk. --Ainsworth.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  passenger
       n : a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or
           plane or train etc) who is not operating it [syn: {rider}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "passenger":
     adventurer, alpinist, astronaut, camper, climber, comers and goers,
     commuter, cosmopolite, cruiser, excursionist, explorer, fare,
     globe-girdler, globe-trotter, goer, hajji, jet set, jet-setter,
     journeyer, mariner, mountaineer, palmer, passerby, pathfinder,
     pilgrim, pioneer, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sailor, sightseer,
     straphanger, tourer, tourist, trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient,
     traveler, traveller, trekker, tripper, viator, visiting fireman,
     voortrekker, voyager, voyageur, wayfarer, world-traveler
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  PASSENGER, cont. One who has taken a place. in a public conveyance, for the 
  purpose of being transported from one place to another. 
       2. By act of Feb. 22, 1847, Minot's Statutes at Large of United States, 
  p. 127, it is provided as follows: That if the master of any vessel owned in 
  whole or in part by a citizen of the United States of America, or by a 
  citizen of any foreign country, shall take on board, such vessel, at any 
  foreign port or place, a greater number of passengers than in the following 
  proportion, to the space occupied by them and appropriated for their use, 
  and unoccupied by stores, or other goods, not being the personal luggage of 
  such passengers, that is to say, on the lower deck or platform one passenger 
  for every fourteen clear superficial feet of deck, if such vessel is not to 
  pass within the tropics during such voyage; but if such vessel is to pass 
  within the tropics during such voyage, then one passenger, for every twenty 
  such clear superficial feet of deck, and on the poop deck (if any) one 
  passenger for every thirty such superficial feet in all cases, with intent 
  to bring such passengers to the United States of America, and shall leave 
  such port or place with the same or any other number thereof, within the 
  jurisdiction of the United States aforesaid, or if any such master of vessel 
  shall take on board of his vessel, at any port or place within the 
  jurisdiction of the United States aforesaid, any greater number of 
  passengers than the proportions aforesaid admit, with intent to carry the 
  same to any foreign port or place, every such master shall be deemed guilty 
  of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof before any circuit or 
  district court of the United States aforesaid, shall, for each passenger 
  taken on board beyond the above proportions, be fined in the sum of fifty 
  dollars, and may also be imprisoned for any term not exceeding one year: 
  Provided, That this act shall not be construed to permit any ship or vessel 
  to carry more than two passengers to five tons of such ship or vessel. 
       3.-Sec. 2. That if the passengers so taken on board of such vessel, 
  and brought into or transported from the United States aforesaid, shall 
  exceed the number limited by the last section to the number of twenty in the 
  whole, such vessel shall be forfeited to the United States aforesaid, and be 
  prosecuted and distributed as forfeitures are under the act to regulate 
  duties on imports and tonnage. 
       4.-Sec. 3. That if any such vessel as aforesaid shall have more than 
  two tiers of berths, or in case, in such vessel, the interval between the 
  floor and the deck or platform beneath shall not be at least six inches, and 
  the berths well constructed, or in case the dimensions of such berths shall 
  not be at least six feet in length, and at least eighteen inches in width, 
  for each passenger as aforesaid, then the master of said vessel, and the 
  owners thereof, severally, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five dollars for 
  each and every passenger on board of said vessel on such voyage, to be 
  recovered by the United States aforesaid, in any circuit or district court 
  of the. United States where such vessel may arrive, or from which she sails. 
       5.-Sec. 4. That, for the purposes of this act, it shall in all cases 
  be computed that two children, each being under the age of eight years, 
  shall be equal to one passenger, and that children under the age of one year 
  shall not be included in the computation of the number of passengers. 
       6.-Sec. 5. That the amount of the several penalties imposed by this 
  act shall be liens on the vessel or vessels violating its provisions; and 
  such vessel may be libelled and sold therefor in the district court of the 
  United States aforesaid in which such vessel shall arrive. 
       9. By act of March 2, 1847, Minot's Statutes at Large of United States, 
  p. 149, it is enacted, That so much of said act as authorizes shippers to 
  estimate two children of eight years of age and under as one passenger, in 
  the assignment of room, is hereby repealed. 
      10. The act of May 17, 1848, Minot's Statute at Large of United States, 
  p. 220, further provides, That all vessels, whether of the United States or 
  any other country, having sufficient capacity according to law for fifty or 
  more passengers, (other than cabin passengers,) shall, when employed in 
  transporting such passengers between the United States and Europe, have on 
  the upper deck, for the use of such passengers, a house over the passageway 
  leading to the apartment allotted to such passengers below deck, firmly 
  secured to the deck, or combings, of the hatch, with two doors, the sills of 
  which shall be at least one foot above the deck, so constructed that one 
  door or window in such house may, at all times, be left open for 
  ventilation; and all vessels so employed, and having the capacity to carry 
  one hundred and fifty such passengers, or more, shall have two such houses; 
  and the stairs or ladder leading down to the aforesaid apartment shall be 
  furnished with a handrail of wood or strong rope: Provided, nevertheless, 
  Booby hatches may, be substituted for such houses in vessels having three 
  permanent decks. 
      11.-Sec. 2. That every such vessel so employed, and having the legal 
  capacity for more than one hundred such passengers, shall have at least two 
  ventilators to purify the apartment or apartments occupied by such 
  passengers; one of which shall be inserted in the after part of the 
  apartment or apartments, and the other shall be placed in the forward 
  portion of the apartment or apartments, and one of them shall have an 
  exhausting cap to carry off the foul air, and the other a receiving cap to 
  carry down the fresh air which said ventilators shall have a capacity 
  proportioned to the size of the apartment or apartments to be purified; 
  namely, if the apartment or apartments will lawfully authorize the reception 
  of two hundred such passengers, the capacity of such ventilators shall each 
  of them be equal to a tube of twelve inches diameter in the clear, and in 
  proportion for larger or smaller apartments; and all said ventilators shall 
  rise at least four feet six inches above the upper deck of any such vessel, 
  and be of the most approved form and construction: Provided, That if it 
  shall appear from the report to be made and approved., as provided in the 
  seventh section of this act that such vessel is equally well ventilated by 
  any other means, such other means of ventilation shall be deemed, and held 
  to be, a compliance with the provisions of this section. 
      12.-Sec. 3. That every vessel carrying more than fifty such passengers 
  shall have for their use on deck, housed and conveniently arranged, at least 
  one camboose or cooking range, the dimensions of which shall be equal to 
  four feet long and one foot six inches wide for every two hundred 
  passengers; and provisions shall be made, in the manner aforesaid in this 
  ratio for a greater or less number of passengers: Provided, however, that 
  nothing herein contained shall take away the right to make such arrangements 
  for cooking between decks, if that shall be deemed desirable. 
      13.-Sec. 4. That all vessels employed as aforesaid shall have on 
  board, for the use of such passengers, at the time of leaving the last port 
  whence such vessel shall sail, well secured under deck, for each passenger, 
  at least fifteen pounds of good navy bread, ten pounds of rice, ten pounds 
  of oatmeal, ten pounds of wheat flour, ten pounds of peas and beans, thirty-
  five pounds of potatoes, one pint of vinegar, sixty gallons of fresh water, 
  ten pounds of salted pork, free of bone, all to be of good quality, and a 
  sufficient supply of fuel for cooking; but at places where either rice, 
  oatmeal, wheat flour or peas and beans cannot be procured, of good quality 
  and on reasonable terms, the quantity of either or any of the other last-
  named articles may be increased and substituted therefor; and in case 
  potatoes cannot be procured on reasonable terms, one pound of either of said 
  articles maybe substituted in lieu of five pounds of potatoes; and the 
  captains of such vessels, shall deliver to each passenger at least one-tenth 
  part, of the aforesaid provisions weekly, commencing on the day of sailing, 
  and daily at least three quarts of water, and sufficient fuel for cooking; 
  and if the passengers on board of any such vessel in which the provisions, 
  fuel and water herein required shall not have been provided as aforesaid, 
  shall at any time be put on short allowance during, any voyage, the master 
  or owner of any such vessel shall pay to each and every passenger who shall 
  have been put on short allowance the sum of three dollars for each and every 
  day they may have been on such short allowance, to be recovered in the 
  circuit or district court of the United States; Provided, nevertheless, and 
  nothing herein contained shall prevent any passenger, with the consent of 
  the captain, from furnishing for himself the articles of food herein 
  specified; and, if, put on board in good order, it shall fully satisfy the 
  provisions of this act so far as regards food, and provided further, That 
  any passenger may also, with the consent of the captain, furnish for himself 
  an equivalent for the articles of food required in other and different 
  articles: and if, without waste or neglect on the part of the passenger, or 
  inevitable accident, they prove insufficient, and the captain shall furnish 
  comfortable food to such passengers during the residue of the voyage, this, 
  in regard to food, shall also be a compliance with the terms of this act. 
      14.-Sec. 5. That the captain of any such vessel so employed is hereby 
  authorized to maintain good discipline, and such habits of cleanliness among 
  such passengers, as will tend to the preservation and promotion of health,; 
  and to that end, he shall cause such regulations as he may adopt for this 
  purpose to be posted up, before sailing, on board such vessel, in a place 
  accessible to such passengers, and stall keep the same so posted up during 
  the voyage; and it is hereby made the duty of said captain to cause the 
  apartment occupied by such passengers to be kept, at all times, in a clean 
  healthy state, and the owners of every such vessel so employed are required 
  to construct the decks, and all parts of said apartment, so that it can be 
  thoroughly cleansed; and they shall also provide a safe, convenient privy or 
  water closet for the exclusive use of every one hundred such passengers. And 
  when the weather is such that said passengers cannot be mustered on deck 
  with their bedding, it shall be the duty of the captain of every such vessel 
  to cause the deck occupied by such passengers to be cleaned [cleansed] with 
  chloride of lime, or some other equally efficient disinfecting agent, and 
  also at such other times as said captain may deem necessary. 
      15.-Sec. 6 That the master and owner or owners of any such vessel so 
  employed, which shall not be provided with the house or houses over the 
  passageways, as prescribed in the first section of this act; or with 
  ventilators, as proscribed in the second section of this act; or with the 
  cambooses or cooking ranges, with the houses over them, as prescribed in the 
  third section of this act; shall severally forfeit and pay to the United 
  States the sum of two hundred dollars for each and every violation of, or 
  neglect to conform to, the provisions of each of said sections; and fifty 
  dollars for each and every neglect or violation of any of the provisions of 
  the fifth section of this act; to be recovered by suit in any circuit or 
  district court of the United States, within the jurisdiction of which the 
  said vessel may arrive, or from. which it may be about to depart, or at any 
  place within the jurisdiction of such courts, wherever the owner or owners, 
  or captain of such vessel, may be found. 
      16.-Sec. 7. That the collector of the customs, at any port in the 
  United States at which any vessel so employed shall arrive, or from which 
  any such vessel shall be about to depart, shall appoint and direct one of 
  the inspectors of the customs for such port to examine such vessel, and 
  report in writing to such collector whether the provisions of the first, 
  second, third and fifth sections of this act have been complied with in 
  respect to such vessel; and if such report shall state such compliance, and 
  be approved by such collector, it shall be deemed and held as conclusive 
  evidence thereof. 
      17.-Sec. 8. That the first section of the act entitled, "An act to 
  regulate the carrying of passengers in merchant vessels," approved February 
  twenty-second, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, be so amended that, when 
  the height or distance between the decks of the vessels referred to in the 
  said section shall be less than six feet, and not less than five feet, there 
  shall be allowed to each passenger sixteen clear superficial feet on the 
  deck, instead of fourteen, as prescribed in said section; and if the height 
  or distance between the decks shall be less than five feet, there shall be 
  allowed to each passenger twenty-two clear superficial feet on the deck; and 
  if the master of any such vessel shall take on board his vessel, in any port 
  of the United States, a greater number of passengers than is allowed by this 
  section, with the intent specified in said first section of the act of 
  eighteen hundred and forty-seven, or if the master of any such vessel shall 
  take on board at a foreign port, and bring within the jurisdiction of the 
  United, States, a greater number of passengers than is allowed by this 
  section, said master shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
  conviction thereof shall be punished in the manner provided for the 
  punishment of persons convicted of a violation of the act aforesaid; and in 
  computing the number of passengers on board such vessels, all children under 
  the age of one year, at the time of embarkation, shall be excluded from such 
  computation. 
      18.-Sec. 9. That this act shall take effect, in respect to such 
  vessels sailing from ports in the United States, in thirty days from the 
  time of its approval; and in respect to every such vessel sailing from ports 
  in Europe, in sixty days after such approval; and it is hereby made the duty 
  of the secretary of state to give notice, in the ports of Europe, of this 
  act, in such manner as he may deem proper. 
      19.-Sec. 10. That so much of the first section of the act entitled "An 
  act regulating passenger ships and vessels," approved March second, eighteen 
  hundred and nineteen, or any other act that limits the number of passengers. 
  to two for every five tons, is hereby repealed. 
      20. By act of March 3, 1849, Minot's Statutes at Large of United States, 
  p. 399, it is enacted, That all vessels bound from any port in the United 
  States to any port or place in the Pacific Ocean, or on its tributaries, or 
  from any such port or place to any port in the, United States on the 
  Atlantic, or its tributaries, shall be subject to the provisions of all the 
  laws now in force relating to the carriage of passengers in merchant 
  vessels, sailing to and from foreign countries, and the regulation thereof; 
  except the fourth section of the "Act to provide for the ventilation of 
  passenger vessels, and for other purposes," approved May seventeenth, 
  eighteen hundred and forty-eight, relating to provisions, water, and fuel; 
  but the owners and masters of all such vessels shall in all cases furnish to 
  each passenger the daily supply of water therein mentioned, and they shall 
  furnish for themselves, a sufficient supply of, good and wholesome food; and 
  in case they shall fail so to do, or shall provide unwholesome or unsuitable 
  provisions, they shall be subject to the penalty provided in said fourth 
  section in case the passengers are put on short allowance of water or 
  provisions. 
      21.-Sec. 2. That the act, entitled "An act to regulate the carriage of 
  passengers in merchant vessels," approved February twenty-second, eighteen 
  hundred and forty-seven, shall be so amended as that a vessel passing into 
  or through the tropics shall be allowed to carry the same number of 
  passengers as vessels that do not enter the tropics, 
      22. By act of January 31, 1848, Minot's Statutes at Large of United 
  States, p. 210, it is enacted, That, from and after the passage of this act, 
  all and every vessel and vessels which shall or may be employed by the 
  American Colonization Society, or by the Maryland State Colonization 
  Society, to transport, and which shall actually transport, from any port or 
  ports in the United States to any colony or colonies on the west coast of 
  Africa, colored emigrants to reside there, shall be, and the same are 
  hereby, excepted out of and exempted from the operation of the act entitled 
  "An act to regulate the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels," passed 
  twenty-second February, eighteen hundred and forty-seven; and of the act. 
  entitled "An act to amend an act entitled 'An act to regulate the carriage 
  of passengers in merchant vessels, and to determine the time,' when said act 
  shall take effect,"' passed, second March, eighteen hundred and forty-seven. 
      23. No deduction is to be made, in estimating, the number of passengers 
  in a vessel, for children or persons not paying. Gilp. R. 334. For his 
  rights and duties, vide Common Carriers.