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PASSER
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Irregular inflected form: passer
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Passeridae
Synonyms:
genus Passer; Passer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Passer" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Passer"):
English sparrow; house sparrow; Passer domesticus (small hardy brown-and-grey bird native to Europe)
Passer montanus; tree sparrow (Eurasian sparrow smaller than the house sparrow)
Holonyms ("Passer" is a member of...):
family Passeridae; Passeridae (true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass
Synonyms:
forward passer; passer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("passer" is a kind of...):
ball carrier; runner ((football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Derivation:
pass (throw (a ball) to another player)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A student who passes an examination
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("passer" is a kind of...):
educatee; pupil; student (a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution)
examinee; testee (someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination))
Derivation:
pass (go successfully through a test or a selection process)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("passer" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A person who passes by casually or by chance
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("passer" is a kind of...):
footer; pedestrian; walker (a person who travels by foot)
Derivation:
pass (move past)
