Crossword clues for passant
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Passant \Pas"sant\, a. [F., p. pr. of passer. See Pass, v. i.]
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Passing from one to another; in circulation; current.
Many opinions are passant.
--Sir T. Browne. -
Curs?ry, careless. [Obs.]
On a passant rewiew of what I wrote to the bishop.
--Sir P. Pett. Surpassing; excelling. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.(Her.) Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw raised.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Old French passant, present participle of passer (see pass (v.)).
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context heraldry of a four-legged animal English) walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground. (from 15th c.) 2 (context obsolete English) Currently in use; in vogue. (17th-19th c.)
WordNet
adj. in walking position with right foreleg raised [syn: passant(ip)]
Wikipedia
Passant may refer to:
- In heraldry, an attitude.
- The en passant chess move of a pawn
Usage examples of "passant".
At first Mr Passant, the post-master, made some difficulties but at last he consented and to my surprise he handed me, in addition to a letter for my mother, one addressed to Bissett.
The Sergeant begins in a high, shrill voice: Quand en passant dedans la plai-ai-ne On entend les cochons .
Odessa, Genes, Malaga, San-Francisco, Rotterdam, Melbourne, Le Caire, et que maintenant a Paris il demenageait tous les mois pour depister les mouchards, passant de Montrouge a Charonne, des Ternes, a la Maison-Blanche.
Tous deux, passant sur le quai, leur douillette bourree de bouquins, ils daignaient echanger des propos avec M.
Bright brass buttons, each decorated with the raised image of a lion passant, the familiar cadence mark from English heraldry.
I threw him a kiss en passant, ducked into our john, turned on water in the basin, sat down, and recited mantras - that often works when I'm jumpy - then used the bidet - patted it and told it goodbye without stopping.
I threw him a kiss en passant, ducked into our john, turned on water in the basin, sat down, and recited mantras -- that often works when I'm jumpy -- then used the bidet -- patted it and told it goodbye without stopping.
I threw him a kiss en passant, ducked into our john, turned on water in the basin, sat down, and recited mantras-that often works when I'm jumpy-then used the bidet-patted it and told it goodbye without stopping.
Adroitly abstracting en passant a piece of ten francs, Marcel went on his way rejoicing, touched a match to the fire ready-laid in the grate, and was nearing the door when, casting one casual parting glance at the bed, he became aware of a notable phenomenon: the snoring was going on lustily, but Bourke was watching him with both eyes wide and filled with interest.
The game he played was identical to modem chess, except the pawns couldn't capture en passant.
I never had had much to do with women, and that little has been urbane, logical, and strictly en passant.
She kicked one in the groin almost en passant and tossed another so that his head smashed into the tent-pole.
Arlene arms, the white Lion passant guardant uplifting its great silver blade.