Passport Definition

păspôrt
passports
noun
passports
A government document issued to a citizen for travel abroad, subject to visa requirements, certifying identity and citizenship: it entitles the bearer to the protection of his or her own country and that of the countries visited.
Webster's New World
An official permit issued by a foreign country allowing one to transport goods or to travel through that country.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
An official document issued by an allied foreign government to a ship, especially a neutral merchant ship in time of war, authorizing it to enter and travel through certain waters freely.
American Heritage
Anything that enables a person to be accepted, admitted, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Passport

Noun

Singular:
passport
Plural:
passports

Origin of Passport

  • French passeport from Old French passer to pass pass port port port1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French passeport, from passer (“pass") + port (“port"). Compare portpass.

    From Wiktionary

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