passportn.¹

Brit.

/ˈpɑːspɔːt/,

/ˈpaspɔːt/, U.S.

/ˈpæsˌpɔrt/

Forms:

α. Middle English paseporte (in a late copy), late Middle English–1600s pasport, 1500s paseport, 1500s pasepourte, 1500s paspote (transmission error), 1500s paspourte, 1500s passeporte, 1500s passporte, 1500s pastport, 1500s–1600s pasporte, 1500s–1600s passeport, 1500s– passport, 1600s passeboard.

β. 1600s passo-porto.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French passeport.

Etymology: < Middle French passeport (1420 denoting a certificate from the authorities for the free circulation of merchandise, 1464 denoting a safe-conduct issued by an authority guaranteeing the liberty and free movement of a person, 1616 in figurative use; French passeport ) < passe- (see pass- comb. form) + port port n.¹In β. forms probably after Italian passaporto (1578). With sense 6e in Orthodox use compare Russian venčik, literally ‘halo’ (the piece of paper being traditionally placed around the forehead of the deceased).

I. Authorization to enter a foreign country, etc.

a. Originally: an official document authorizing a person to travel to, from, or through a foreign country, usually under defined restrictions of time and purpose (cf. visa n.). In later use: an official document issued by a government certifying the holder's identity and citizenship, and entitling him or her to travel under its protection to and from foreign countries.A passport is now usually issued in the form of a small booklet containing the holder's photograph and other personal details, with pages left blank for official stamps, visas, etc.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun] > document

passport1498

letters of passport1521

pass1586

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes > to go or come

passport1498

pass1586

let-pass1635

laissez-passer1914

1498 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 33/2 To gif the said Inglismen sauffconductis or pasportis for thare factouris, servandis.

1515 in R. K. Hannay Acts Lords of Council Public Affairs (1932) 33 The said wardane..to gif pasportis to Inglis men to cum within this realme..for necessar erandis.

1546 Earl of Surrey in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 286 Now ther resteth nothing to be don, but their paspourte and redy dispatch from you.

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Lj^v In time of warre, it is euill trauailyng without a passe porte [1580 pasport].

1574 J. Baret Aluearie P 150 A Pasport or saulfe conduct to passe.

1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. viii. 61 To graunt mee..your Passeport and Safe-conduct through all your Garrisons.

a1639 D. Digges Compl. Ambassador (1655) 326 The Lord Levingston desireth most earnestly to have a passport to pass through England.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1665 (1955) III. 407 I was commanded to go with him to the Holl: Ambassador, where he was to stay for his pass-port.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Pass Pass-Port, a Licence, or Letter from a Prince, or Governor, granting Liberty and Safe-Conduct to travel, enter, and go out of his Territories, freely and without Molestation.

1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Osbeck Voy. China I. 181 With Tiapp or passports.

1811 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 347 Every person, a subject of this kingdom, who leaves it without a passport..shall incur the punishment of denaturalisation.

1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 304/2 Passport, a printed permission signed by the secretary of state of the home department of a country, which allows a subject of that country to leave it and go abroad.

1880 L. Fagan Life Panizzi I. 42 Panizzi's passport being perfectly en règle.

1932 G. Greene Stamboul Train i. i. 6 He was English... I see his passport. Richard John.

1968 Times 22 Feb. 1/7 Some Kenya Asians were allowed to opt for British passports.

2001 World Soccer Mar. 4/2 Garay's fake passport had been rumbled by sharp-eyed immigration officials.

b. A document providing identification and authorization to travel for an animal.

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1967 Times 2 June 14/8 The Jockey Club stewards, as a first step towards full use of passports have decided to have an official passport check during the current season... The Stewards have power..to prevent any horse from running, where the markings on the passport do not agree with those on the horse.

1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Feb. 3 All cats and dogs travelling between community countries will require special certificates giving details of vaccinations. Such ‘pets passports’ already exist in Belgium and most other EC countries.

2002 J. Pitman Double Deal (2003) xi. 331 Wexford Lad's passport was still sitting on the table, where she'd left it.

†2. Authorization to leave a port or to enter, leave, or pass through a country. Obsolete.† letters of passport n. Obsolete letters or documents giving such authorization; = sense 1a.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun]

passport1521

passport letter1585

passage1589

waygate?c1690

society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun] > document

passport1498

letters of passport1521

pass1586

1521 Duke of Albany in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 287 Send me ȝ^or lettres of passeport for my said secretaire.

1534 (?a1500) Shearmen & Taylors' Pageant 670 in H. Craig Two Coventry Corpus Christi Plays (1931) 23 Youre pase-porte for a c deyis Here schall you haue of clere cummand; Owre reme to labur any weyis.

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. vii. 276 His sowldiers, covenauntinge with the Normans for free pasporte.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 237^v To cary theym [cloues] frome thense into other regions, they paye for pasporte .xviii. fanans the bahar.

1606 in Capt. Smith's Wks. (Arb.) Introd. 37 Suffer no man to return but by pasport from the President and Counsel.

†3. A permit for discharged patients of a hospital, soldiers, paupers, etc., to proceed to a specified destination and ask for alms on the way; a license to beg. Obsolete.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun] > pass issued to discharged soldiers, etc.

passport1548

way-ticket1866

waybill1893

1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 2 §10 No Captain..shall give to any of his Soldiers..any Licence or Passports to depart from his Service.

1552 Ordre Hospital S. Bartholomewes sig. D.vi At their departure [as cured] to geue vnto them a passeporte.

1574 in Notes & Queries (1903) 9th Ser. 12 414/2 To a pore man having a paspote to go to the Cytie of Bathe, vj^d.

c1600 Return: 1st Pt. i. i, in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 144 Thou mighst betake thy selfe in forma pauperis to a boxe and a pass porte.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews iii. iii. 215 They are indeed no more than a Passport to beg with, a Certificate that the Owner wants five Shillings.

†4. Nautical. A document granted by a state to a neutral merchant ship, esp. in wartime, authorizing it to proceed free from attack in certain waters; a sea letter. Obsolete.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > sea passport

sea-brief1566

passport letter1585

passporta1587

sea-letter1653

sea-pass1864

a1587 L. Aldersey in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 183 Our captaines pasport, and the gift of 100 chekins discharged all.

1642 Ord. & Declar. Lords & Comm. 20 Oct. 3 Other Vessels,..not having on board them a Pasport or Licence from the Commissioners of the Admiralty.

1676 W. Temple Let. to Sir J. Williamson 21 Mar. in Wks. (1740) II. 389 Nor could it easily be found out how the Violator of any such Passport should be punished.

1713 Treaty of Utrecht in N. Magens Ess. Insurances (1755) II. 501 Sea-letters or Passports, expressing the Name, Property and Bulk of the Ship.

1798 Ld. Nelson 25 Oct. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 158 You will grant Passports for all Vessels which the Inhabitants may wish to send to Sicily.

1838 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 112 Passport, or Pass,..is also a permission granted by any state to navigate some particular sea, without hindrance or molestation.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 519 Pass, or Passport, a permission granted by any state to a vessel, to navigate in some particular sea without molestation.

†5. A licence to import or export dutiable goods without paying the usual duties. Also: a licence to import or export contraband goods on payment of duties. Obsolete.

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society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > [noun] > customs documents

cocket1425

transire1599

bill of sight1662

bill of store1670

sufferance1670

passport1714

pricking-note1846

transit pass1862

certificate of origin1886

dandy-note-

1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 415 The Dutch Ships which are to have Passports to load in France Wines, Brandy, and other Goods.

1715 London Gaz. No. 5344/2 The Pass-port..granted to the Prussian Minister for sending from this Country 14225 Cannon Balls.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Pass Pass-Port is also used for a Licence granted by a Prince for the importing or exporting Merchandizes, Moveables, &c. without paying the Duties... Pass-Port is also a Licence obtain'd for the importing or exporting of Merchandizes deem'd Contraband, and declared such by Tariffs.

1778 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation II. 21 A passport, or dustuck..should exempt the goods it specified from being visited or stopped by the officers.

II. Extended uses.

†a. Chiefly figurative. An authorization to do something. Obsolete.In quot. 1600 a figurative use of sense 3.

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society > authority > delegated authority > [noun] > authorization

warrant1387

limitation?1410

authorization1472

fiant1534

passport1571

warranty1591

1571 J. Leslie Diary 8 Aug. in Bannatyne Misc. (1855) III. 136 Ther was sundry thingis inquirit of me, as touching Sir Thomas Stanley, ut patet, be the tenour of the conference. I obteynit a passport to send ane to the Queene to advertis her therof.

1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. v. sig. D8 Counterfaites [which]..begge vnder the passe-port of Loue.

c1600 Return: 1st Pt. ii. i, in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 171 When ragged Pedantes haue there pasportes sealde To whip fonde wagges for all there knauerie.

1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles Ded., in Plays (1873) I. 111 Least by others stealth it be unprest, Without my pasport, patcht with others wit.

†b. A letter, document, recommendation, etc., serving as an introduction; a warrant of admission to a place. Obsolete.In quot. 1757 in figurative use applied to a person.

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society > law > legal document > authenticating document > [noun] > voucher

warrant1433

passport1578

policy1670

voucher1796

challan1858

1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 1st Pt. i. iii. sig. Bij^v La: Thou shalt haue a Pasporte. Ros: Yea, but after what sorte? La: Why, that thou wart my man.

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. A4 For a more ratefied pasport..that I haue read it and digested it, this title it beareth.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. ii. 56 Looke on his Letter Madam, here's my Pasport .

1676 G. Towerson Explic. Decalogue 124 Looking upon their images as..fit passports of his worship.

1757 S. Foote Author ii. 34 What Apology can you make me, who was your Passport, your Security?

a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) IV. vi. 98 Those letters are convenient passports. They secure an introduction.

1875 C. D. E. Fortnum Maiolica v. 50 A few of these forgeries..have found their way into public museums under a false passport.

1878 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights ii But do not forget that Colonel Geraldine's recommendation is an unfailing passport.

c. Permission to pass or go somewhere; (figurative) release or dispatch from this world; †a dismissal (obsolete).

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > sending away or dismissing > a dismissal

passport1579

nunc dimittis1594

abscessional1647

heave ho1944

red card1980

1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Epil. f. 52 Goe lyttle Calender, thou hast a free passeporte.

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxii. 60 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 91 With out his praise No nights, no daies, Shall pasport haue to go.

a1603 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquæ Antiquæ I. 250 Kepe hym as longe as he cann lyve, And at hys ende hys paseport geve.

1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd xviii. 182 I will give him his passe~port, I warrant you, unlesse hee betake him to his heeles, and runne away from me.

1691 J. Wilson Belphegor v. iii I made his passport for t'other world about four years since.

1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. iii. 26 Give me free passport, hereafter to come and go as I list.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 47 The Phoenicians, true to their general policy..to trade with those countries only where trade was its own passport and its own security.

1901 M. Morgan Echoes from Solitudes 95 Thou need'st no passport for the tomb.

1987 J. Broughton Sorrows of Befuddlement in Packing up for Paradise (1997) 33 Stamp me a passport to some lucid purgatory.

d. A quality, talent, or attribute, etc., giving a person or thing the right, privilege, or opportunity to enter into some state, position, social sphere, etc. Now frequently with to or into.

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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > that which permits > entry into some state or sphere

passporta1586

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. B3 Neyther Phylosopher nor Historiographer, coulde..haue entred into the gates of populer iudgements, if they had not taken a great pasport of Poetry.

1659 S. Cradock Knowl. & Pract. 398 Jealousie is the pasport of love.

a1700 J. Dryden On Death Amyntas in Misc. Poems (1704) V. 21 His Passport is his Innocence and Grace.

1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 339 Without a Passport from the Judgment, it [sc. Religion] will never gain a free and full Admittance into the Affections.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 140 La Fleur's prevenancy (for there was a passport in his very looks) soon set every servant in the kitchen at ease with him.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. ix. 79 If you are rich enough to afford it..there is no passport to fame like eccentricity.

1837 R. Southey Wks. I. p. xxx The approbation of the reviewers served as a passport for the poem to America.

1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life I. 185 The man to whom intellectual ability was the surest passport for attention.

1914 C. E. Walk Green Seal xxii. 283 Here, perhaps, was a surer passport to my goal than the tickets reposing in my bill~fold.

1988 M. Forster Elizabeth Barrett Browning v. 79 He held that magic passport into the Barrett household: he was family.

1997 Independent (Nexis) 8 Jan. ii. 21/1 Language can be a barrier as well as a passport to understanding.

e. A means or guarantee of salvation, as baptism, an indulgence, deathbed absolution, the administration of the last rites, etc. In some faith traditions, esp. Orthodox Church: (originally) a document proving this or (now more usually) containing prayers for the deceased, placed in the grave to guarantee safe passage to heaven.Esp. in phrase passport to heaven.

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the world > life > death > [noun] > certificate of

passport1690

1690 J. Phillips Secret Hist. Reigns Charles II & James II 119 H—s gave him a Passport to Heaven for what he had done: For being asked by Fitzharris's Wife..Whether her Husband could be sav'd..H—s told her, Yes, and accordingly did absolve him.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 12 Feb. (1965) I. 305 They are Heirs General to all the money of the Laity, for which in return they give 'em formal passports sign'd and seal'd for Heaven.

1749 C. Wesley Hymns & Sacred Poems (new ed.) I. 66 'Tis finish'd! I my Passport have—Lead on, lead on to Heaven!

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 79 (Russian funeral) The priest produces a ticket, signed by the bishop and another clergyman, as the deceased's passport to heaven.

1800 tr. H. Clairon Mem. II. 133 I was so small and weak [at birth], that..my grandmother, a respectable and pious old woman, wished me to be taken immediately to church, to receive my passport to heaven.

1810 E. D. Clarke Trav. Var. Countries: Pt. 1st ix. 156 This is what all you foreigners call the Passport; and you relate, in books of Travels, that we believe no soul can go to heaven without it... It is nothing more than a declaration, or certificate, concerning the death of the deceased.

1876 Times 11 Dec. 10/2 It is a myth and a libel to assert that Mahomedans regard the slaughter of Christians as a passport to Heaven.

1900 S. M. Zwemer Arabia 15 (caption) The Mecca certificate—passport to heaven.

1923 E. W. Hopkins Origin & Evol. Relig. 195 A sinner who utters the name of Jesus on his death-bed is secure of salvation. It is the same with the devotees of Rama and Buddha... Fortunately..only in certain sects is the ‘repetition of the Holy Name’ regarded as a passport to Heaven.

1950 F. Klees Pennsylvania Dutch 341 The taufschein was a valuable document to have in one's possession when appearing before the Judgement Seat, a sort of passport to heaven. Here was proof in black and white that..he had been properly baptized.

1963 J. E. Turner tr. G. van der Leeuw Relig. in Essence & Manifestation I. xlvii. 323 More complicated..is the idea according to which a passport is given to the dead man, guaranteeing his entry into the beyond.

2001 L. R. Aiken Dying, Death & Bereavement (ed. 4) 210 The Church issued a kind of passport to heaven to the benefactor, agreeing to have masses..said in perpetuity for his or her soul.

Compounds

C1.

passport clerk n.

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1848 Britannia 4 Mar. 152/4 Every traveller from this country has remarked the squalid idleness of the generation who, as passport-clerks and custom-house employés, haunt the ports and roadside towns.

1911 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 5 129 Passport Bureau. In charge of it was the ‘passport clerk,’ and his duties were the issuance and recording of passports and collection of the internal revenue tax on passports.

2002 Press Turst India (Nexis) 24 Sept. Revenue inspector Mohammed Yasin and a passport clerk in Special Branch office Srinivas were arrested.

passport holder n.

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the world > people > nations > national of a country > [noun] > passport holder

passport holder1941

1941 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 47 520 Information sought included..the availability of the passport holders for the trade groups in which there was a considerable labour shortage.

2003 Evening Standard (Nexis) 8 Jan. 65 Many of the farmers who were stripped of their land are British passport holders.

passport number n.

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1954 Times 15 Jan. 8/6 His passport number is 1061243, but his age is not known.

2003 Hindu (Nexis) 5 Jan. The stipulation that foreigners purchasing liquor should quote their passport numbers.

passport office n.

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1835 M. W. Shelley Lodore III. xv. 234 He searched the foreign passport-office, and found that one had been taken out at the French Ambassador's in the month of April, by a Mrs. Fitzhenry.

1975 Times 14 June 6/3 Long queues form at passport offices [in Angola] and 40,000 passports are already on order from Lisbon.

2003 Miami Herald (Nexis) 7 Jan. a10 Workers in the passport office in Antigua and Barbuda..acted carelessly when they overlooked inconsistencies in Muhammad's applications.

passport officer n.

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1851 C. J. Lever Maurice Tiernay xxxii, in Littell's Living Age 28 June 586/1 We were free to go or stay as we pleased. Neither police nor passport officers questioned us.

1942 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 36 115 Mr. Vos was subjected to humiliating treatment by an intoxicated passport officer.

2002 Canberra Times (Nexis) 22 Dec. a14 A passport officer will be on call over these two public holidays to check messages in case of emergencies.

passport official n.

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1854 H. Strickland Trav. Thoughts 18 Wednesday, June 2—Returned to Brussels. Name, Strickland, puzzles passport officials.

1922 M. Arlen ‘Piracy’ iii. vi. 89 The passport officials at the ports.

2003 Miami Herald (Nexis) 7 Jan. a10 The two-month investigation drew an unflattering portrait of Antiguan police, immigration and passport officials.

C2.

passport control n. (a) regulation of the issue and inspection of passports; (b) the place at a port, airport, etc., where passports are checked.

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society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun] > document > issuing or inspection of

passporting1842

road control1859

passport control1878

immigration1966

1878 Observer 30 June 5/5 The new regulations with regards to passports have not been made with the view of introducing a passport control at railway stations, but of exercising such control in connection with a system to be properly organised of registering all new arrivals at Berlin.

1919 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 13 802 Passports. Message transmitting communication from Secretary of State suggesting that passport-control act of May 22, 1918, be extended for one year after peace shall have been concluded.

1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety i. 17 An ordered world Of planned pleasures and passport-control.

1973 W. McCarthy Detail iii. 150 He walked across the airport towards passport control.

2003 Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 Jan. The level of immigration abuse was..causing problems for genuine visitors by leading to huge queues at passport control.

passport letter n. a letter or document authorizing a person, ship, etc., to travel to, from, or through a place; spec. †(a) = sense 2 (obsolete); †(b) = sense 4 (obsolete).

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society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun]

passport1521

passport letter1585

passage1589

waygate?c1690

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > sea passport

sea-brief1566

passport letter1585

passporta1587

sea-letter1653

sea-pass1864

1585 in G. Tolstoy 1st 40 Yrs. Intercourse Eng. & Russ. (1875) 266 [He] sent certein his folkes owte of our countrey..without our princelie knowledge or lycence, and without pasport letters.

1871 Scribner's Monthly Jan. 297/2 An official passport letter from the United States Consul at Port-au-Prince to the Spanish men-of-war in the Bahama Channel.

1994 Washington Times (Nexis) 22 Oct. b3 He finally was given a ‘passport’ letter from the mayor..that allowed him to return to Cincinnati.

† passport-maker n. figurative Obsolete a person who makes or sells ‘passports’ to the next world; (humorous) a person who puts others to death; see sense 6c.

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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > hangman

boiec1320

hangman1393

hangerc1430

lockman1488

burrioc1540

bourreauc1550

burriourc1550

derrickc1600

passport-maker1602

topman1607

derrick-jastro?1609

verdugo1616

windpipe-stretcher1617

Gregorya1658

locksman1682

Ketch1685

Jack Ketch1696

finisher of the law1708

topsman1825

scrag-boy1843

scragger1897

1602 J. Manningham Diary 1 Feb. (1868) 133 Ther be pasport-makers that are as verry rogues as any justice rogues, noble rogues.

1788 New London Mag. 4 136 The gentleman..was a very eminent passport or halter-maker.

passport photo n. = passport photograph n.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > photograph by style or subject

high key1849

carte1861

carte-de-visite1861

wedding group1861

vignette1862

studio portrait1869

press photograph1873

cameo-type1874

war picture1883

mug1887

panel1888

snapshot1890

fuzz-type1893

stickyback1903

action photograph1904

action picture1904

scenic1913

still1916

passport photo1919

mosaic1920

press photo1923

oblique1925

action shot1927

passport photograph1927

profile shot1928

smudgea1931

glossy1931

photomontage1931

photomural1931

head shot1936

pin-up1943

mug shot1950

wedding photograph1956

wedding photo1966

full-frontal1970

photofit1970

split beaver1972

upskirt1994

selfie2002

1919 ‘P. Beauchamp’ Fanny goes to War ix. 75 Besides the hospital stamp and several others, it contained a passport photo and signature.

1936 Times 11 Sept. 3/5 Reply with passport photo to Sprachschule Bendall.

1961 J. Barlow Term of Trial i. vi. 127 I got my passport photo to show you.

2003 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 8 Jan. 4 New rifle seekers must fill out the proper forms, and submit two references and a passport photo.

passport photograph n. (a) the identification photograph in a passport; (b) a photograph of the size required for a passport.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > photograph by style or subject

high key1849

carte1861

carte-de-visite1861

wedding group1861

vignette1862

studio portrait1869

press photograph1873

cameo-type1874

war picture1883

mug1887

panel1888

snapshot1890

fuzz-type1893

stickyback1903

action photograph1904

action picture1904

scenic1913

still1916

passport photo1919

mosaic1920

press photo1923

oblique1925

action shot1927

passport photograph1927

profile shot1928

smudgea1931

glossy1931

photomontage1931

photomural1931

head shot1936

pin-up1943

mug shot1950

wedding photograph1956

wedding photo1966

full-frontal1970

photofit1970

split beaver1972

upskirt1994

selfie2002

1927 Times 14 Mar. 1/2 (advt.) Passport photographs (with official forms) issued quickly.

1973 M. A. Sinclair tr. G. Simenon Maigret & M. Charles iv. 92 A small passport photograph taken in a Photomat.

1995 Times Educ. Suppl. 10 Feb. 92/1 (advt.) Apply in own hand with recent passport photograph.

† passport port n. Obsolete a port at which a foreigner must produce a passport in order to enter.

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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > town possessing > types of

member1485

free port1530

member-porta1623

port of entry1714

lake-port1837

treaty-port1863

passport port1898

1898 Westm. Gaz. 12 May 2/2 Talien-Wan has now been at different times 1. A free port. 2. An open port. 3. A treaty port. 4. A passport port.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	passport
释义	passportn.¹ Brit. /ˈpɑːspɔːt/, /ˈpaspɔːt/, U.S. /ˈpæsˌpɔrt/ Forms: α. Middle English paseporte (in a late copy), late Middle English–1600s pasport, 1500s paseport, 1500s pasepourte, 1500s paspote (transmission error), 1500s paspourte, 1500s passeporte, 1500s passporte, 1500s pastport, 1500s–1600s pasporte, 1500s–1600s passeport, 1500s– passport, 1600s passeboard. β. 1600s passo-porto. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French passeport. Etymology: < Middle French passeport (1420 denoting a certificate from the authorities for the free circulation of merchandise, 1464 denoting a safe-conduct issued by an authority guaranteeing the liberty and free movement of a person, 1616 in figurative use; French passeport ) < passe- (see pass- comb. form) + port port n.¹In β. forms probably after Italian passaporto (1578). With sense 6e in Orthodox use compare Russian venčik, literally ‘halo’ (the piece of paper being traditionally placed around the forehead of the deceased). I. Authorization to enter a foreign country, etc. 1. a. Originally: an official document authorizing a person to travel to, from, or through a foreign country, usually under defined restrictions of time and purpose (cf. visa n.). In later use: an official document issued by a government certifying the holder's identity and citizenship, and entitling him or her to travel under its protection to and from foreign countries.A passport is now usually issued in the form of a small booklet containing the holder's photograph and other personal details, with pages left blank for official stamps, visas, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun] > document passport1498 letters of passport1521 pass1586 society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes > to go or come passport1498 pass1586 let-pass1635 laissez-passer1914 1498 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 33/2 To gif the said Inglismen sauffconductis or pasportis for thare factouris, servandis. 1515 in R. K. Hannay Acts Lords of Council Public Affairs (1932) 33 The said wardane..to gif pasportis to Inglis men to cum within this realme..for necessar erandis. 1546 Earl of Surrey in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. 286 Now ther resteth nothing to be don, but their paspourte and redy dispatch from you. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Lj^v In time of warre, it is euill trauailyng without a passe porte [1580 pasport]. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie P 150 A Pasport or saulfe conduct to passe. 1633 T. Stafford Pacata Hibernia i. viii. 61 To graunt mee..your Passeport and Safe-conduct through all your Garrisons. a1639 D. Digges Compl. Ambassador (1655) 326 The Lord Levingston desireth most earnestly to have a passport to pass through England. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1665 (1955) III. 407 I was commanded to go with him to the Holl: Ambassador, where he was to stay for his pass-port. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Pass Pass-Port, a Licence, or Letter from a Prince, or Governor, granting Liberty and Safe-Conduct to travel, enter, and go out of his Territories, freely and without Molestation. 1771 J. R. Forster tr. P. Osbeck Voy. China I. 181 With Tiapp or passports. 1811 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 347 Every person, a subject of this kingdom, who leaves it without a passport..shall incur the punishment of denaturalisation. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 304/2 Passport, a printed permission signed by the secretary of state of the home department of a country, which allows a subject of that country to leave it and go abroad. 1880 L. Fagan Life Panizzi I. 42 Panizzi's passport being perfectly en règle. 1932 G. Greene Stamboul Train i. i. 6 He was English... I see his passport. Richard John. 1968 Times 22 Feb. 1/7 Some Kenya Asians were allowed to opt for British passports. 2001 World Soccer Mar. 4/2 Garay's fake passport had been rumbled by sharp-eyed immigration officials. b. A document providing identification and authorization to travel for an animal. ΚΠ 1967 Times 2 June 14/8 The Jockey Club stewards, as a first step towards full use of passports have decided to have an official passport check during the current season... The Stewards have power..to prevent any horse from running, where the markings on the passport do not agree with those on the horse. 1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Feb. 3 All cats and dogs travelling between community countries will require special certificates giving details of vaccinations. Such ‘pets passports’ already exist in Belgium and most other EC countries. 2002 J. Pitman Double Deal (2003) xi. 331 Wexford Lad's passport was still sitting on the table, where she'd left it. †2. Authorization to leave a port or to enter, leave, or pass through a country. Obsolete.† letters of passport n. Obsolete letters or documents giving such authorization; = sense 1a. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun] passport1521 passport letter1585 passage1589 waygate?c1690 society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun] > document passport1498 letters of passport1521 pass1586 1521 Duke of Albany in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 287 Send me ȝ^or lettres of passeport for my said secretaire. 1534 (?a1500) Shearmen & Taylors' Pageant 670 in H. Craig Two Coventry Corpus Christi Plays (1931) 23 Youre pase-porte for a c deyis Here schall you haue of clere cummand; Owre reme to labur any weyis. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. vii. 276 His sowldiers, covenauntinge with the Normans for free pasporte. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 237^v To cary theym [cloues] frome thense into other regions, they paye for pasporte .xviii. fanans the bahar. 1606 in Capt. Smith's Wks. (Arb.) Introd. 37 Suffer no man to return but by pasport from the President and Counsel. †3. A permit for discharged patients of a hospital, soldiers, paupers, etc., to proceed to a specified destination and ask for alms on the way; a license to beg. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun] > pass issued to discharged soldiers, etc. passport1548 way-ticket1866 waybill1893 1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 2 §10 No Captain..shall give to any of his Soldiers..any Licence or Passports to depart from his Service. 1552 Ordre Hospital S. Bartholomewes sig. D.vi At their departure [as cured] to geue vnto them a passeporte. 1574 in Notes & Queries (1903) 9th Ser. 12 414/2 To a pore man having a paspote to go to the Cytie of Bathe, vj^d. c1600 Return: 1st Pt. i. i, in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 144 Thou mighst betake thy selfe in forma pauperis to a boxe and a pass porte. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews iii. iii. 215 They are indeed no more than a Passport to beg with, a Certificate that the Owner wants five Shillings. †4. Nautical. A document granted by a state to a neutral merchant ship, esp. in wartime, authorizing it to proceed free from attack in certain waters; a sea letter. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > sea passport sea-brief1566 passport letter1585 passporta1587 sea-letter1653 sea-pass1864 a1587 L. Aldersey in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) i. 183 Our captaines pasport, and the gift of 100 chekins discharged all. 1642 Ord. & Declar. Lords & Comm. 20 Oct. 3 Other Vessels,..not having on board them a Pasport or Licence from the Commissioners of the Admiralty. 1676 W. Temple Let. to Sir J. Williamson 21 Mar. in Wks. (1740) II. 389 Nor could it easily be found out how the Violator of any such Passport should be punished. 1713 Treaty of Utrecht in N. Magens Ess. Insurances (1755) II. 501 Sea-letters or Passports, expressing the Name, Property and Bulk of the Ship. 1798 Ld. Nelson 25 Oct. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 158 You will grant Passports for all Vessels which the Inhabitants may wish to send to Sicily. 1838 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 112 Passport, or Pass,..is also a permission granted by any state to navigate some particular sea, without hindrance or molestation. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 519 Pass, or Passport, a permission granted by any state to a vessel, to navigate in some particular sea without molestation. †5. A licence to import or export dutiable goods without paying the usual duties. Also: a licence to import or export contraband goods on payment of duties. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > importing and exporting > [noun] > customs documents cocket1425 transire1599 bill of sight1662 bill of store1670 sufferance1670 passport1714 pricking-note1846 transit pass1862 certificate of origin1886 dandy-note- 1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 415 The Dutch Ships which are to have Passports to load in France Wines, Brandy, and other Goods. 1715 London Gaz. No. 5344/2 The Pass-port..granted to the Prussian Minister for sending from this Country 14225 Cannon Balls. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Pass Pass-Port is also used for a Licence granted by a Prince for the importing or exporting Merchandizes, Moveables, &c. without paying the Duties... Pass-Port is also a Licence obtain'd for the importing or exporting of Merchandizes deem'd Contraband, and declared such by Tariffs. 1778 R. Orme Hist. Mil. Trans. Brit. Nation II. 21 A passport, or dustuck..should exempt the goods it specified from being visited or stopped by the officers. II. Extended uses. 6. †a. Chiefly figurative. An authorization to do something. Obsolete.In quot. 1600 a figurative use of sense 3. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > [noun] > authorization warrant1387 limitation?1410 authorization1472 fiant1534 passport1571 warranty1591 1571 J. Leslie Diary 8 Aug. in Bannatyne Misc. (1855) III. 136 Ther was sundry thingis inquirit of me, as touching Sir Thomas Stanley, ut patet, be the tenour of the conference. I obteynit a passport to send ane to the Queene to advertis her therof. 1600 W. Cornwallis Ess. I. v. sig. D8 Counterfaites [which]..begge vnder the passe-port of Loue. c1600 Return: 1st Pt. ii. i, in Three Parnassus Plays (1949) 171 When ragged Pedantes haue there pasportes sealde To whip fonde wagges for all there knauerie. 1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles Ded., in Plays (1873) I. 111 Least by others stealth it be unprest, Without my pasport, patcht with others wit. †b. A letter, document, recommendation, etc., serving as an introduction; a warrant of admission to a place. Obsolete.In quot. 1757 in figurative use applied to a person. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal document > authenticating document > [noun] > voucher warrant1433 passport1578 policy1670 voucher1796 challan1858 1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 1st Pt. i. iii. sig. Bij^v La: Thou shalt haue a Pasporte. Ros: Yea, but after what sorte? La: Why, that thou wart my man. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. A4 For a more ratefied pasport..that I haue read it and digested it, this title it beareth. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iii. ii. 56 Looke on his Letter Madam, here's my Pasport . View more context for this quotation 1676 G. Towerson Explic. Decalogue 124 Looking upon their images as..fit passports of his worship. 1757 S. Foote Author ii. 34 What Apology can you make me, who was your Passport, your Security? a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) IV. vi. 98 Those letters are convenient passports. They secure an introduction. View more context for this quotation 1875 C. D. E. Fortnum Maiolica v. 50 A few of these forgeries..have found their way into public museums under a false passport. 1878 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights ii But do not forget that Colonel Geraldine's recommendation is an unfailing passport. c. Permission to pass or go somewhere; (figurative) release or dispatch from this world; †a dismissal (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > [noun] > sending away or dismissing > a dismissal passport1579 nunc dimittis1594 abscessional1647 heave ho1944 red card1980 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Epil. f. 52 Goe lyttle Calender, thou hast a free passeporte. c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxii. 60 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 91 With out his praise No nights, no daies, Shall pasport haue to go. a1603 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquæ Antiquæ I. 250 Kepe hym as longe as he cann lyve, And at hys ende hys paseport geve. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd xviii. 182 I will give him his passe~port, I warrant you, unlesse hee betake him to his heeles, and runne away from me. 1691 J. Wilson Belphegor v. iii I made his passport for t'other world about four years since. 1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. iii. 26 Give me free passport, hereafter to come and go as I list. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 47 The Phoenicians, true to their general policy..to trade with those countries only where trade was its own passport and its own security. 1901 M. Morgan Echoes from Solitudes 95 Thou need'st no passport for the tomb. 1987 J. Broughton Sorrows of Befuddlement in Packing up for Paradise (1997) 33 Stamp me a passport to some lucid purgatory. d. A quality, talent, or attribute, etc., giving a person or thing the right, privilege, or opportunity to enter into some state, position, social sphere, etc. Now frequently with to or into. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > that which permits > entry into some state or sphere passporta1586 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. B3 Neyther Phylosopher nor Historiographer, coulde..haue entred into the gates of populer iudgements, if they had not taken a great pasport of Poetry. 1659 S. Cradock Knowl. & Pract. 398 Jealousie is the pasport of love. a1700 J. Dryden On Death Amyntas in Misc. Poems (1704) V. 21 His Passport is his Innocence and Grace. 1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 339 Without a Passport from the Judgment, it [sc. Religion] will never gain a free and full Admittance into the Affections. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 140 La Fleur's prevenancy (for there was a passport in his very looks) soon set every servant in the kitchen at ease with him. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. ix. 79 If you are rich enough to afford it..there is no passport to fame like eccentricity. 1837 R. Southey Wks. I. p. xxx The approbation of the reviewers served as a passport for the poem to America. 1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life I. 185 The man to whom intellectual ability was the surest passport for attention. 1914 C. E. Walk Green Seal xxii. 283 Here, perhaps, was a surer passport to my goal than the tickets reposing in my bill~fold. 1988 M. Forster Elizabeth Barrett Browning v. 79 He held that magic passport into the Barrett household: he was family. 1997 Independent (Nexis) 8 Jan. ii. 21/1 Language can be a barrier as well as a passport to understanding. e. A means or guarantee of salvation, as baptism, an indulgence, deathbed absolution, the administration of the last rites, etc. In some faith traditions, esp. Orthodox Church: (originally) a document proving this or (now more usually) containing prayers for the deceased, placed in the grave to guarantee safe passage to heaven.Esp. in phrase passport to heaven. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > [noun] > certificate of passport1690 1690 J. Phillips Secret Hist. Reigns Charles II & James II 119 H—s gave him a Passport to Heaven for what he had done: For being asked by Fitzharris's Wife..Whether her Husband could be sav'd..H—s told her, Yes, and accordingly did absolve him. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 12 Feb. (1965) I. 305 They are Heirs General to all the money of the Laity, for which in return they give 'em formal passports sign'd and seal'd for Heaven. 1749 C. Wesley Hymns & Sacred Poems (new ed.) I. 66 'Tis finish'd! I my Passport have—Lead on, lead on to Heaven! 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 79 (Russian funeral) The priest produces a ticket, signed by the bishop and another clergyman, as the deceased's passport to heaven. 1800 tr. H. Clairon Mem. II. 133 I was so small and weak [at birth], that..my grandmother, a respectable and pious old woman, wished me to be taken immediately to church, to receive my passport to heaven. 1810 E. D. Clarke Trav. Var. Countries: Pt. 1st ix. 156 This is what all you foreigners call the Passport; and you relate, in books of Travels, that we believe no soul can go to heaven without it... It is nothing more than a declaration, or certificate, concerning the death of the deceased. 1876 Times 11 Dec. 10/2 It is a myth and a libel to assert that Mahomedans regard the slaughter of Christians as a passport to Heaven. 1900 S. M. Zwemer Arabia 15 (caption) The Mecca certificate—passport to heaven. 1923 E. W. Hopkins Origin & Evol. Relig. 195 A sinner who utters the name of Jesus on his death-bed is secure of salvation. It is the same with the devotees of Rama and Buddha... Fortunately..only in certain sects is the ‘repetition of the Holy Name’ regarded as a passport to Heaven. 1950 F. Klees Pennsylvania Dutch 341 The taufschein was a valuable document to have in one's possession when appearing before the Judgement Seat, a sort of passport to heaven. Here was proof in black and white that..he had been properly baptized. 1963 J. E. Turner tr. G. van der Leeuw Relig. in Essence & Manifestation I. xlvii. 323 More complicated..is the idea according to which a passport is given to the dead man, guaranteeing his entry into the beyond. 2001 L. R. Aiken Dying, Death & Bereavement (ed. 4) 210 The Church issued a kind of passport to heaven to the benefactor, agreeing to have masses..said in perpetuity for his or her soul. Compounds C1. passport clerk n. ΚΠ 1848 Britannia 4 Mar. 152/4 Every traveller from this country has remarked the squalid idleness of the generation who, as passport-clerks and custom-house employés, haunt the ports and roadside towns. 1911 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 5 129 Passport Bureau. In charge of it was the ‘passport clerk,’ and his duties were the issuance and recording of passports and collection of the internal revenue tax on passports. 2002 Press Turst India (Nexis) 24 Sept. Revenue inspector Mohammed Yasin and a passport clerk in Special Branch office Srinivas were arrested. passport holder n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > national of a country > [noun] > passport holder passport holder1941 1941 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 47 520 Information sought included..the availability of the passport holders for the trade groups in which there was a considerable labour shortage. 2003 Evening Standard (Nexis) 8 Jan. 65 Many of the farmers who were stripped of their land are British passport holders. passport number n. ΚΠ 1954 Times 15 Jan. 8/6 His passport number is 1061243, but his age is not known. 2003 Hindu (Nexis) 5 Jan. The stipulation that foreigners purchasing liquor should quote their passport numbers. passport office n. ΚΠ 1835 M. W. Shelley Lodore III. xv. 234 He searched the foreign passport-office, and found that one had been taken out at the French Ambassador's in the month of April, by a Mrs. Fitzhenry. 1975 Times 14 June 6/3 Long queues form at passport offices [in Angola] and 40,000 passports are already on order from Lisbon. 2003 Miami Herald (Nexis) 7 Jan. a10 Workers in the passport office in Antigua and Barbuda..acted carelessly when they overlooked inconsistencies in Muhammad's applications. passport officer n. ΚΠ 1851 C. J. Lever Maurice Tiernay xxxii, in Littell's Living Age 28 June 586/1 We were free to go or stay as we pleased. Neither police nor passport officers questioned us. 1942 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 36 115 Mr. Vos was subjected to humiliating treatment by an intoxicated passport officer. 2002 Canberra Times (Nexis) 22 Dec. a14 A passport officer will be on call over these two public holidays to check messages in case of emergencies. passport official n. ΚΠ 1854 H. Strickland Trav. Thoughts 18 Wednesday, June 2—Returned to Brussels. Name, Strickland, puzzles passport officials. 1922 M. Arlen ‘Piracy’ iii. vi. 89 The passport officials at the ports. 2003 Miami Herald (Nexis) 7 Jan. a10 The two-month investigation drew an unflattering portrait of Antiguan police, immigration and passport officials. C2. passport control n. (a) regulation of the issue and inspection of passports; (b) the place at a port, airport, etc., where passports are checked. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun] > document > issuing or inspection of passporting1842 road control1859 passport control1878 immigration1966 1878 Observer 30 June 5/5 The new regulations with regards to passports have not been made with the view of introducing a passport control at railway stations, but of exercising such control in connection with a system to be properly organised of registering all new arrivals at Berlin. 1919 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 13 802 Passports. Message transmitting communication from Secretary of State suggesting that passport-control act of May 22, 1918, be extended for one year after peace shall have been concluded. 1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety i. 17 An ordered world Of planned pleasures and passport-control. 1973 W. McCarthy Detail iii. 150 He walked across the airport towards passport control. 2003 Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 Jan. The level of immigration abuse was..causing problems for genuine visitors by leading to huge queues at passport control. passport letter n. a letter or document authorizing a person, ship, etc., to travel to, from, or through a place; spec. †(a) = sense 2 (obsolete); †(b) = sense 4 (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun] passport1521 passport letter1585 passage1589 waygate?c1690 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > sea passport sea-brief1566 passport letter1585 passporta1587 sea-letter1653 sea-pass1864 1585 in G. Tolstoy 1st 40 Yrs. Intercourse Eng. & Russ. (1875) 266 [He] sent certein his folkes owte of our countrey..without our princelie knowledge or lycence, and without pasport letters. 1871 Scribner's Monthly Jan. 297/2 An official passport letter from the United States Consul at Port-au-Prince to the Spanish men-of-war in the Bahama Channel. 1994 Washington Times (Nexis) 22 Oct. b3 He finally was given a ‘passport’ letter from the mayor..that allowed him to return to Cincinnati. † passport-maker n. figurative Obsolete a person who makes or sells ‘passports’ to the next world; (humorous) a person who puts others to death; see sense 6c. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > [noun] > hangman boiec1320 hangman1393 hangerc1430 lockman1488 burrioc1540 bourreauc1550 burriourc1550 derrickc1600 passport-maker1602 topman1607 derrick-jastro?1609 verdugo1616 windpipe-stretcher1617 Gregorya1658 locksman1682 Ketch1685 Jack Ketch1696 finisher of the law1708 topsman1825 scrag-boy1843 scragger1897 1602 J. Manningham Diary 1 Feb. (1868) 133 Ther be pasport-makers that are as verry rogues as any justice rogues, noble rogues. 1788 New London Mag. 4 136 The gentleman..was a very eminent passport or halter-maker. passport photo n. = passport photograph n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > photograph by style or subject high key1849 carte1861 carte-de-visite1861 wedding group1861 vignette1862 studio portrait1869 press photograph1873 cameo-type1874 war picture1883 mug1887 panel1888 snapshot1890 visite1891 fuzz-type1893 stickyback1903 action photograph1904 action picture1904 scenic1913 still1916 passport photo1919 mosaic1920 press photo1923 oblique1925 action shot1927 passport photograph1927 profile shot1928 smudgea1931 glossy1931 photomontage1931 photomural1931 head shot1936 pin-up1943 mug shot1950 wedding photograph1956 wedding photo1966 full-frontal1970 photofit1970 split beaver1972 upskirt1994 selfie2002 1919 ‘P. Beauchamp’ Fanny goes to War ix. 75 Besides the hospital stamp and several others, it contained a passport photo and signature. 1936 Times 11 Sept. 3/5 Reply with passport photo to Sprachschule Bendall. 1961 J. Barlow Term of Trial i. vi. 127 I got my passport photo to show you. 2003 Calgary (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 8 Jan. 4 New rifle seekers must fill out the proper forms, and submit two references and a passport photo. passport photograph n. (a) the identification photograph in a passport; (b) a photograph of the size required for a passport. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > photograph by style or subject high key1849 carte1861 carte-de-visite1861 wedding group1861 vignette1862 studio portrait1869 press photograph1873 cameo-type1874 war picture1883 mug1887 panel1888 snapshot1890 visite1891 fuzz-type1893 stickyback1903 action photograph1904 action picture1904 scenic1913 still1916 passport photo1919 mosaic1920 press photo1923 oblique1925 action shot1927 passport photograph1927 profile shot1928 smudgea1931 glossy1931 photomontage1931 photomural1931 head shot1936 pin-up1943 mug shot1950 wedding photograph1956 wedding photo1966 full-frontal1970 photofit1970 split beaver1972 upskirt1994 selfie2002 1927 Times 14 Mar. 1/2 (advt.) Passport photographs (with official forms) issued quickly. 1973 M. A. Sinclair tr. G. Simenon Maigret & M. Charles iv. 92 A small passport photograph taken in a Photomat. 1995 Times Educ. Suppl. 10 Feb. 92/1 (advt.) Apply in own hand with recent passport photograph. † passport port n. Obsolete a port at which a foreigner must produce a passport in order to enter. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > harbour or port > [noun] > town possessing > types of member1485 free port1530 member-porta1623 port of entry1714 lake-port1837 treaty-port1863 passport port1898 1898 Westm. Gaz. 12 May 2/2 Talien-Wan has now been at different times 1. A free port. 2. An open port. 3. A treaty port. 4. A passport port. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). passportv. Brit. /ˈpɑːspɔːt/, /ˈpaspɔːt/, U.S. /ˈpæsˌpɔrt/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: passport n.¹ Etymology: < passport n.¹ transitive. To provide or issue with a passport; to check or stamp the passport of. Only in passive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [verb (transitive)] > furnish with a passport passport1824 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 473 Parched, passported,..plundered, starved, and stenched, for 1200 miles. 1885 G. W. Cable Creoles of Louisiana xii. 81 Their ships must be passported. a1928 C. Morley Let. to Henry in Ess. (1928) 968 Only the non-British have to be passported on the boat. 1998 Daily Rec. (Scotl.) (Nexis) 25 Sept. 11 Of course dogs should be passported and electronically tagged. 2002 Asia Pulse (Nexis) 9 Sept. (Northern Territory Regional section) Filipinos do not have to be expelled from Malaysia in order to be passported and documented. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : † pass-portn.² < n.¹1498v.1824 see also
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