Definition of "stowaway"
stowaway
/ˈstəʊəˌweɪ/
noun
plural stowaways
A person who hides on board a ship, train, etc. so as to get a free passage.
Quotations
“Oh, I don't mind 'em, sir,” said Archy; “I knew it all before now. Didn't I hear 'em in the hold? And didn't I tell Cabaco here of it? What say ye, Cabaco? They are stowaways, Mr. Flask.”
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The First Lowering”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, page 242