Passant

Word PASSANT
Character 7
Hyphenation pas sant
Pronunciations /pəˈsɑnt/

Definitions and meanings of "Passant"

What do we mean by passant?

Being a beast facing and walking toward the viewer's left with one front leg raised. adjective

In numismatics, a figure on a coin in a walking position from right to left or from left to right. noun

Walking; walking leisurely: in heraldry, said of a beast used as a bearing. The beast is always understood to hold the head straight and to look forward. See cut under counterchanged.

Current.

Passing; transitory.

Cursory; careless; without deliberation or reflection.

Surpassing; excelling.

One who passes or passes through or over. noun

An open hem furnishing a sort of tube, through which a cord or ribbon can be passed. noun

Passing from one to another; in circulation; current. adjective

Curs�ry, careless. adjective

Surpassing; excelling. adjective

Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw raised. adjective

In walking position with right foreleg raised adjective

(of a four-legged animal) Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground.

Currently in use; in vogue.

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The word "passant" in example sentences

_Combatant_: when back to back, they are _Addorsed_: when passant or salient in contrary directions, they are _Counter passant_ or _Counter salient_. ❋ Charles Boutell (1844)

The man who wore it had his heraldic device embroidered in vivid colours on his breast—a chevron and a stag passant, the scutcheon supported by a branch of olive dexter and a stag’s horn sinister. ❋ Unknown (1917)

(Bonus points to Joel for swiping en passant at airport book titan Thomas Friedman and his cartographic ironing board.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

Just when a decisive voice is called for, there's Michael Ignatieff bleating almost en passant about the Harper cut-and-run exercise, and then proffering loads of hype about a Liberal "thinkers 'conference" in March (which may conflict with a Spring election call, leaving all those thoughts unthought). ❋ Unknown (2010)

(Let me just note, en passant, that I don't believe for a moment that Farber "interpreted" Zerb's comment in any such manner.) ❋ Unknown (2009)

If George Will had said this instead of Obama, Matt would be calling him a liar and demanding that he be fired. en passant Says: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Et que, devant toute femme passant sous ses yeux, s'éveille aussitôt en lui la pulsion de lui sauter sur le râble pour consommer l'oeuvre de chair. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These are frequently middle-aged couples who roam the floor together, towing a bulky roller suitcase that kneecaps, en passant, those attendees who don't remember to watch out in the crowded thoroughfares. ❋ Peter Ginna (2011)

It was never offered as a legal rebuttal to the NJ decision; it was an en passant summary (and a pretty accurate one at that) and nothing more. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He mentions, en passant, that one of their friends turned up to the party wearing a tunic dress. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Straw himself implicitly hinted at what was to come when he observed en passant to Lyne, who was then interrogating him: ❋ Unknown (2010)

So, if you are the kind of person who is tickled by the nod to Perec in the title Death: A User's Manual (used to refer, en passant, to one of Mount's novels) – and I confess that I am, particularly as Adair won the Scott Moncrieff prize for his incredible translation of Perec's E-less novel, La disparition – then you will enjoy And Then There Was No One hugely. ❋ Unknown (2010)

En passant everyone, did I dream it or was there a time when Chief Constables tended to be former senior military officers, and if so was this on balance a bad thing? on January 28, 2008 at 1: 38 pm | Reply scrofulla ❋ Inspector Gadget (2008)

Cheap jokes, even “en passant,” can lead to false prejudices and hate crimes when presented in this way. ❋ Unknown (2008)

When writing about the Bevins Prize yesterday, I mentioned en passant the Paul Foot Award. ❋ Unknown (2010)

En passant, I shall be voting Conservative because the local candidate is standing for the first time, has come up the hard way and is therefore hightly unlikely to mutate into a Notting Hill stooge. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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