Definition of Passport
Pass´port
n.
1.
Permission
to
pass
;
a
document
given
by
the
competent
officer
of
a
state
,
permitting
the
person
therein
named
to
pass
or
travel
from
place
to
place
,
without
molestation
,
by
land
or
by
water
.
Caution
in
granting
passports
to
Ireland
.
- Clarendon.
2.
A
document
carried
by
neutral
merchant
vessels
in
time
of
war
,
to
certify
their
nationality
and
protect
them
from
belligerents
;
a
sea
letter
.
3.
A
license
granted
in
time
of
war
for
the
removal
of
persons
and
effects
from
a
hostile
country
;
a
safe-conduct
.
4.
Figuratively
:
Anything
which
secures
advancement
and
general
acceptance
.
His
passport
is
his
innocence
and
grace
.
- Dryden.
Related Words
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,
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,
safe-conduct
,
safeguard
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