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(1):

(n.) Permission to pass; a document given by the competent officer of a state, permitting the person therein named to pass or travel from place to place, without molestation, by land or by water.

(2):

(n.) A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.

(3):

(n.) Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance.

(4):

(n.) A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Passport'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/passport.html. 1828.
 
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