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laissez-passer
[ les-ey-pa-sey; French le-sey-pah-sey ]
noun
, plural lais·sez-pas·sers, French lais·sez-pas·ser.
- a permit; pass, especially one issued in lieu of a passport.
laissez passer
/ lese pase /
noun
- a document granting unrestricted access or movement to its holder
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Word History and Origins
Origin of laissez-passer1
< French: literally, allow to pass
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Word History and Origins
Origin of laissez-passer1
literally: let pass
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Example Sentences
I did not ask for any laissez-passer, knowing well enough that it would not be granted.
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On one of them was found a laissez passer in the name of Edward Seyer, of Badonviller.
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They will not form into line after the example of the Parisian queue, but crowd around the pen with the cry of "Laissez passer."
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Some people will say, You are partisans, then, of the laissez passer?
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Had the Spanish authorities the courage to utter the magic words “Laissez faire, laissez passer!”
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