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passant |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: passant adj : (heraldry) in walking position with right foreleg raised [syn: {passant(ip)}]
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