Nansen passport

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noun

a passport issued after World War I by the League of Nations to refugees unable to establish citizenship.

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Origin of Nansen passport

1920–25; after F. Nansen, on whose initiative an agreement to issue such passports was signed

Words nearby Nansen passport

nanous, nanoworld, Nansei-shoto, Nansen, Nansen bottle, Nansen passport, Nan Shan, Nanterre, Nantes, Nanticoke, Nantong

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How to use Nansen passport in a sentence

Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
‘We Out Here’: Inside the New Black Travel Movement|Charlise Ferguson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Available at La Boîte SHOLDIT Clutch Wrap Purse, $70 We can all agree the dorky passport holders and money bags have got to go.
The Daily Beast’s 2014 Holiday Gift Guide: For the Anthony Bourdain in Your Life|Allison McNearney|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Addison was allowed out of jail, finally, but her passport was held pending an investigation—even though nobody questioned her.
Let’s Free Stacey Addison, The Oregon Woman Jailed at the Ends of the Earth|Christopher Dickey|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Their expectation was that her petition to have her passport returned might be honored.
Let’s Free Stacey Addison, The Oregon Woman Jailed at the Ends of the Earth|Christopher Dickey|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Freundel was charged with six counts of voyeurism, a misdemeanor, and has surrendered his passport while awaiting trial.
Women Describe How Top D.C. Rabbi Allegedly Spied on Them in the Nude|Steven I. Weiss|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The writer lost a pocket-book containing a passport and a couple of modest ten-pound notes.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches|William Makepeace Thackeray
He felt that in getting old Warrender and his daughter to The Park, he was in reality receiving his passport into county society.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3)|Charles James Wills
You go to Washington and get your passport, and if you can't hasten matters don't let an outsider know what you are after.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
There was time enough to seek his passport, and Isabel could well imagine that his impatience was not uncontrollable.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
I took my oath before the passport clerk in the innermost recess of the State Department.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for Nansen passport

Nansen passport

noun

a passport issued to stateless persons by the League of Nations after World War I

Word Origin for Nansen passport

C20: named after F. Nansen

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