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- Passport - n. - Permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place, without molestation, by land or by water.
- Passport - n. - A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.
- Passport - n. - A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.
- Passport - n. - Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.
- Vise - n. - An indorsement made on a passport by the proper authorities of certain countries on the continent of Europe, denoting that it has been examined, and that the person who bears it is permitted to proceed on his journey; a visa.