a pass authorizing access to a place, travel in a country, etc.
Origin of laissez-passer
Fr, let (someone) passlaissez-passer
lais·sez-pas·serWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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laissez-passer
noun
A pass, especially one used in lieu of a passport.
Origin of laissez-passer
French laissez second person pl. imperative of laisser to let passer to passTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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