Passport
['pɑːspɔːt] or ['pæspɔrt]
Definition
(noun.) a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country.
Edited by Darrell--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.
(n.) A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.
(n.) Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pass.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A document treacherously inflicted upon a citizen going abroad exposing him as an alien and pointing him out for special reprobation and outrage.
Editor: Maris
Examples
- To read the description of him in that passport and then look at me, any man could see that I was no more like him than I am like Hercules. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They keep up the passport system here, but so they do in Turkey. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Yes, yes--your trap is laid for me before I can get my passport regulated and leave London. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- But all that time my true passport had been floating gallantly overhead--and behold it was only our flag. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I had lost my passport, and was traveling under my room-mate's, who stayed behind in Constantinople to await our return. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I've still got my passport. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- You have a passport, haven't you? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Have you got a passport? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- They did not even dare to let me take my passport in my hands for twelve hours, I looked so formidable. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You won't get far without a passport. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- For poverty enriches those who live above it, and is a sure passport to truly hospitable spirits. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Provided with plenty of money and the passport of an old name, I could choose my own society: no circles were closed against me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But we had passports and we would spend the money. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He will keep your passports. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The thin lieutenant came down the length of the custom house, holding our passports. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Felix had procured passports in the name of his father, sister, and himself. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- They questioned us but they were polite because we had passports and money. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He handed the two passports to the soldier and carrying the bags we started into the village to order a carriage. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Muskets were thrust into the carriage: Your passports? H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Nobody inquired whether we had any passports or not. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Our passports have been examined. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We then separated for a few hours: I, to get at once such passports as were necessary; Herbert, to see Startop at his lodgings. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Let me see your passports. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He went back into the building with our passports. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I, for my part, was prepared with passports; Herbert had seen Startop, and he was more than ready to join. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- With winning French politeness the officers merely opened and closed our satchels, declined to examine our passports, and sent us on our way. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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