Passport

Definition of Passport

Pass´port

n.	1.	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. Caution in granting passports to Ireland. - Clarendon.
	2.	A document carried by neutral merchant vessels in time of war, to certify their nationality and protect them from belligerents; a sea letter.
	3.	A license granted in time of war for the removal of persons and effects from a hostile country; a safe-conduct.
	4.	Figuratively: Anything which secures advancement and general acceptance. His passport is his innocence and grace. - Dryden.

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