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laissez-passer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌlɛseɪ ˈpɑːseɪ/

Etymology

Borrowed from French laissez-passer.

Meanings

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:

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