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laissez-passers

laissez-passers is the plural 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

Questions about laissez-passers

What is laissez-passers the plural of?
Laissez-passers is the plural of laissez-passer.

Words near laissez-passers in the dictionary

  1. laissez faire
  2. laissez-faire
  3. laissez-faireism
  4. laissez-fairism
  5. laissez-passer
  6. laissez-passers
  7. Laist
  8. Laisterdyke
  9. Laists
  10. lait
  11. laitakarite

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