Adjacent Words
Passadepassado
Passage
Passage hawk
Passage money
passage of lines
Passager
passageway
passagework
Passaic
Passamaquoddy Bay
Passamaquody
passband
passbook
passbook savings account
passe
Passe partout
passe-partout
Passed
passed ball
Passed midshipman
passed pawn
passee
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
adj
1: in walking position with right foreleg raised
Merriam Webster's
adjective Etymology: Middle English passaunt, from Anglo-French passant, from present participle of passer to pass Date: 15th century walking with the farther forepaw raised — used of a heraldic animal
Oxford Reference Dictionary
adj. Heraldry (of an animal) walking and looking to the dexter side, with three paws on the ground and the right forepaw raised. Etymology: ME f. OF, part. of passer PASS(1)
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Passant Pas"sant, a. [F., p. pr. of passer. See Pass, v. i.] 1. Passing from one to another; in circulation; current. [Obs.] Many opinions are passant. --Sir T. Browne. 2. Curs?ry, careless. [Obs.] On a passant rewiew of what I wrote to the bishop. --Sir P. Pett. 3. Surpassing; excelling. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 4. (Her.) Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw raised.
