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laissez-passer definition

laissez-passer (le sā pȧ sā)

noun

a pass authorizing access to a place, travel in a country, etc.

Etymology: Fr, let (someone) pass

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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