PASSPORT
\pˈaspɔːt], \pˈaspɔːt], \p_ˈa_s_p_ɔː_t]\
Definitions of PASSPORT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country
By Princeton University
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a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.
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A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.
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Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.
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A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.
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Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A written warrant granting permission to travel in a foreign country: (orig.) permission to pass out of port or through the gates.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war to certify their nationality, and protect them from belligerents; also, a document given by the competent officer of a state, which permits the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place by land or water; a safe conduct;—hence, that which enables one to pass with safety, certainty, or general acceptance.
