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safe-conduct en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Attested as early as the 14th century in Robert of Gloucerster's chronicles written in Middle English; ultimately a calque of Old French sauf-conduit.
Meanings
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A document that grants safe passage through enemy territory in times of war.
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A convoy or guard to protect a person in a foreign country.
Forms
Synonyms
passe-partout · safeguard
Translations (9)
it salvacondotto (document) · es salvoconducto (document) · ca salconduit (document) · pt salvo-conduto (document) · nl vrijgeleide (document) · sh propusnica (document) · fr sauf-conduit (document) · de freies Geleit (document) · io salvoletro (document)
wikipedia: Robert of Gloucester (historian)
safe-conduct en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
Attested as early as the 14th century in Robert of Gloucerster's chronicles written in Middle English; ultimately a calque of Old French sauf-conduit.
Meanings
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(obsolete) To guarantee safe passage by granting such a document.
Who […] Haue paſt the armie of the mightie Turke:
Bearing his priuie ſignet and his hand,
To ſafe conduct vs thorow Affrica: […]
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
Forms
wikipedia: Robert of Gloucester (historian)