About The Word Passport
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Passport
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What's The Definition Of Passport?
[n] any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission; "her pleasant personality is already a recommendation"; "his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society"
[n] a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country [n] any authorization to pass or go somewhere; "the pass to visit had a strict time limit" Synonyms | Synonyms for Passport: pass | recommendation Related Terms | Find terms related to Passport: See Also | characteristic | instrument | legal document | legal instrument | official document | permission | safe-conduct | safeguard | visa Passport In Webster's Dictionary \Pass"port\, n. [F. passeport, orig., a permission to
leave a port or to sail into it; passer to pass + port a
port, harbor. See {Pass}, and {Port} a harbor.]
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. --Burrill.
4. Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and
general acceptance. --Sir P. Sidney.
His passport is his innocence and grace. --Dryden.
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