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en passant definition

en pas·sant (än pä sän′; E än′pə sänt′, en′-)

in passing; by the way: used, in chess, of the capture of a pawn which has just taken a first move of two squares, passing an opponent's pawn that dominates the first of those squares and that makes the capture by moving to that square

Etymology: Fr

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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