cabin passenger

noun

1

obsolete : a passenger on a ship privileged to dine or lounge in the captain's cabin

2

: a passenger on a ship who pays for and is allotted the use of a cabin or part of a cabin, the minimum allotted space for each such passenger being fixed by law

Word History

First Known Use

1760, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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