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passant

pas·sant

 (păs′ənt)
adj. Heraldry
Being a beast facing and walking toward the viewer's left with one front leg raised.

[Middle English, from Old French, present participle of passer, to pass; see pass.]
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passant

(ˈpæsənt)
adj
(Heraldry) (usually postpositive) heraldry (of a beast) walking, with the right foreleg raised
[C14: from Old French, present participle of passer to pass]
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pas•sant

(ˈpæs ənt)

adj.
(of a heraldic animal) walking with the farther forepaw elevated.
[1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French, present participle of passer to pass]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.passant - in walking position with right foreleg raised
heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies
erect, upright, vertical - upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"
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But I may as well say --en passant, as the French remark --that I myself --that is to say, Jack Bunger, late of the reverend clergy --am a strict total abstinence man; I never drink-- Water!
de Treville had served him so faithfully in his wars against the league that in default of money--a thing to which the Bearnais was accustomed all his life, and who constantly paid his debts with that of which he never stood in need of borrowing, that is to say, with ready wit--in default of money, we repeat, he authorized him, after the reduction of Paris, to assume for his arms a golden lion passant upon gules, with the motto Fidelis et fortis.
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We remark, en passant, that George was, by his father's side, of white descent.
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The man who wore it had his armorial bearings embroidered on his breast in vivid colors; a chevron accompanied by a deer passant. The shield was flanked, on the right by an olive branch, on the left by a deer's antlers.
Statistique Maurice a annonce, mardi, que le nombre de touristes ayant visite l'ile au cours du premier semestre de 2019 a augmente de 0,5%, passant a 650.082 arrivees, compare a 646.865 pour la meme periode en 2018, a-t-on appris de source officielle.
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