'Passant' definitions:

Definition of 'passant'

(from WordNet)
adjective
In walking position with right foreleg raised

Definition of 'Passant'

From: GCIDE
  • Passant \Pas"sant\, a. [F., p. pr. of passer. See Pass, v. i.]
  • 1. Passing from one to another; in circulation; current. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Many opinions are passant. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Curs?ry, careless. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • On a passant rewiew of what I wrote to the bishop. --Sir P. Pett. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Surpassing; excelling. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Her.) Walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is represented as walking with the dexter paw raised. [1913 Webster] Passe passe

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