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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Passport  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  passport 
  n  1:  any  authorization  to  pass  or  go  somewhere;  "the  pass  to 
  visit  had  a  strict  time  limit"  [syn:  {pass}] 
  2:  a  document  issued  by  a  country  to  a  citizen  allowing  that 
  person  to  travel  abroad  and  re-enter  the  home  country 
  3:  any  quality  or  characteristic  that  gains  a  person  acceptance 
  or  admission;  "his  wealth  was  not  a  passport  into  the 
  exclusive  circles  of  society" 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  PASSPORT,  n.  A  document  treacherously  inflicted  upon  a  citizen  going 
  abroad,  exposing  him  as  an  alien  and  pointing  him  out  for  special 
  reprobation  and  outrage. 
 
 




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