passer UK /ˈpɑːsə/US /ˈpæsəɹ/ noun7 •Someone who passes, someone who makes a pass.A superb passer of the ball, we expected him to wipe the floor with the opposition. — 1991 •A football player who makes a forward pass, who may be (but not limited to) the quarterback. •One who succeeds in passing a test, etc.The distributions of scores on the exam for passers and failers are plotted […] — 2008 •One 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 •One who passes something along; a distributor. •(informal) A passed pawn. •(no longer used) One who passes; a passer-by.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 formspassers