passant
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- 9
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 7
/ˈpæsənt/
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/ˈpæsənt/ · /pəˈsɑnt/
Definition of passant
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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(not-comparable)Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground.
“He them espying, gan himselfe prepare, / And on his arme addresse his goodly shield / That bore a Lion passant in a golden field.”
“The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […].”
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adj
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(not-comparable)Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground.
“He them espying, gan himselfe prepare, / And on his arme addresse his goodly shield / That bore a Lion passant in a golden field.”
“The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […].”
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(not-comparable, obsolete)Currently in use; in vogue.
“Many opinions are passant concerning the basilisk, or little king of serpents, commonly called the cockatrice [...].”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English passaunt (c. 1300), from Old French passant.
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