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laisser-passer

laisser-passer is the alternative form of laissez-passer.

Meaning of laissez-passer

Noun

laissez-passer (plural laissez-passers)

  1. A pass or permit; a document permitting the bearer to travel, sometimes issued as an emergency passport.
    • ‘Find the British Consul, and Jane can claim she lost her money and passport. He'll issue her with some kind of laissez-passer.’2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 385

Forms of laisser-passer

plurallaisser-passers

Questions about laisser-passer

What is laisser-passer the alternative form of?
Laisser-passer is the alternative form of laissez-passer.

Words near laisser-passer in the dictionary

  1. Laishangbam
  2. Laishram
  3. laisse
  4. laisser faire
  5. laisser-faire
  6. laisser-passer
  7. laisser-passers
  8. laisses
  9. laissez aller
  10. laissez faire
  11. laissez-faire

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