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单词 passportless
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passportlessadj.n.

Brit. /ˈpɑːspɔːtləs/, /ˈpaspɔːtləs/, U.S. /ˈpæsˌpɔrtləs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: passport n.1, -less suffix.
Etymology: < passport n.1 + -less suffix.
rare before late 19th cent.
Without a passport, not possessing a passport. Also (occasionally) as n.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > not having passport
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society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [adjective] > without a passport
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1595 G. Chapman Ouids Banquet of Sence Ded. sig. A2 Wandering like passportles men.
1877 D. M. Wallace Russia xxix. 481 Regarding fugitives or passportless wanderers in general.
1891 Cent. Mag. Sept. 649/2 The inscriptions over their [sc. the cells'] doors, such as ‘murderers,’ ‘passportless,’ and ‘politicals,’ showed that at least an attempt had been made to classify the prisoners.
1919 J. Buchan Mr. Standfast v. 96 It seemed to me that, in spite of being passportless, I might be able somehow to make my way.
1966 V. Nabokov Speak, Memory (U.S. rev. ed.) v. 99 Somehow, the two sleighs have slipped away, leaving behind a passportless spy standing on the blue-white road in his New England snowboots and stormcoat.
1970 Guardian 24 Mar. 11/3 Europe's airport lounges are still littered with passportless Kenyan Asians.
1987 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 13 June 1534/1 Many of the interpreters are..now exiled, passportless refugees from the wars in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
2001 J. Škvorecký Two Murders in my Double Life iv. 30 Her older brother had also attempted passportless foreign travel, for which he received fifteen years.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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