passer

plural passers

1. One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.

   The distributions of scores on the exam for passers and failers are plotted […]

   2008, David L. Streiner, Geoffrey R. Norman, Health Measurement Scales

2. One who passes something along; a distributor.

   a passer of counterfeit banknotes

3. hobbiesSomeone who passes, someone who makes a pass.

   A superb passer of the ball, we expected him to wipe the floor with the opposition.

   1991, Rex Mossop, The Moose That Roared, Sydney: Ironbark Press, page 157

   1. American footballA football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback.
4. informalboard gamesA passed pawn.
5. archaicOne who passes; a passer-by.

   Passers stopped and began to stare. A policeman was approaching up the street. Dave dodged back into the cab and banged the door.

   1904, National Magazine, volume 20, page 147

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   There was a promise of it in the gorgeous purity of the western sky; there was an intimation in the mild, unimpertinent gaze of the passers of a certain natural facility in things.

   1878, Henry James, The Europeans

6. human sciencesOne who is able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard them as belonging.

   Passers and would-be passers make every effort to be convincing in their chosen gender role […]

   2014, Risa Bear, Homecomings, page 69

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   Explores the history, literature, and sociology of passing, and provides case studies of six individuals who are "passers," including a black man who passed as a white Jew and a lesbian naval officer who passed as straight.

   2003, Brooke Kroeger, Passing: When People Can't Be Who They Are