passport
passport is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.
- 2.A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct. Burrill.
- 3.Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance. Sir P. Sidney. His passport is his innocence and grace. Dryden.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accoucheur
- accoucheuse
- agency
- aid
- along
- assistance
- conducive
- crook
- dint
- expedient
- fair
- foul
- hand
- handmaid
- hereby
- hook
- instrument
- instrumental
- instrumentality
- intermediate
- intermedium
- intervene
- intervention
- key
- latchkey
- master
- mediate
- mediation
- mediatorial
- medium
- midwife
- minister
- ministerial
- obstetrician
- officiate
- open
- opener
- other
- pander
- password
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is passport.
- What is a document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter called?
- What is a license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct. Burrill called?
- What is figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance. Sir P. Sidney. His passport is his innocence and grace. Dryden called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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