Nansen passport
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Nansen passport
1920–25; after F. Nansen, on whose initiative an agreement to issue such passports was signed
Example Sentences
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She points to the history of the Nansen passport, devised in the 1920s to help stateless refugees, as support for the feasibility of her plan.
From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022
He remained on a Nansen passport his whole life — a document issued for stateless people and refugees who could not obtain travel documents from a national authority.
From Nature • Jan. 13, 2015
In the 1920's the young Nabokov, like other emigres, was really a stateless person traveling on a special Nansen passport.
From Time Magazine Archive
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