passer

A noun referring to a person who passes by casually or by chance, or someone who passes as a member of a different group, or a student who passes an examination, or in football, a ball carrier who throws a forward pass.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant une personne qui passe par hasard ou par inadvertance, ou quelqu'un qui se fait passer pour un membre d'un autre groupe, ou un étudiant qui réussit un examen, ou au football américain, le joueur qui lance une passe en avant.

1. Casual bystander B1 formal

   A person who goes past something or someone, often by chance.

   • A passer noticed the smoke and called the fire department.
   • The street was empty, with not a single passer in sight.
   • Several passers stopped to watch the street performer.

   🇫🇷Passant

   Synonymes: passer-bypasserby

2. Person crossing racial lines C1 formal american

   A person who is accepted or perceived as belonging to a different ethnic or racial group than their own.

   • The novel tells the story of a passer in 1920s America.
   • Historically, a passer often faced complex social and personal challenges.
   • The film explores the life of a passer navigating two worlds.

   🇫🇷Personne qui passe pour une autre ethnie

3. Successful examinee B1 formal

   A student who successfully meets the required standard in an examination or test.

   • Every passer of the final exam will receive a certificate.
   • The school celebrated each passer with a small ceremony.
   • The passers were congratulated by their teachers.

   🇫🇷Personne ayant réussi un examen

4. Football quarterback B2 formal american

   In American football, the player who throws the ball forward to advance the play.

   • The passer threw a perfect spiral to the wide receiver.
   • He is known as an accurate passer under pressure.
   • The team's passer was sacked before he could release the ball.

   🇫🇷Quart-arrière

   Synonymes: field generalgunslingerquarterbacksignal callerthrower

• passers plural form
• passers' possessive plural form
• passer's possessive singular form