passant
[pas-uh nt]
- (of a beast) represented as in the act of walking, with one forepaw raised.
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Origin of passant
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Me, passant, in the train, of the cabbage not quite so unconscious.
The Book of Humorous VerseVarious
Passant Guardant: as before, but looking out from the Shield, No. 174.
The Handbook to English HeraldryCharles Boutell
Coward: passant reguardant, his tail between his legs, No. 182.
The Handbook to English HeraldryCharles Boutell
Rampant or passant, they follow the customs of the unmaimed brute.
Passant oultre—one of Rabelais' favourite and most polymorphic expressions.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1George Saintsbury
passant
- (usually postpositive) heraldry (of a beast) walking, with the right foreleg raised
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Word Origin
C14: from Old French, present participle of passer to pass
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Word Origin and History for passant
adj.
late 14c., from Old French passant, present participle of passer (see pass (v.)).
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