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passportDocument issued by a national government identifying a traveler as a citizen with a right to protection while abroad and a right to return to the country of citizenship. It is normally a small booklet containing a description and photograph of the bearer. Most nations require entering travelers to obtain a visa, an endorsement on the passport showing that the proper authorities have examined it and permitting the bearer to enter the country and remain for a specified period. PassportSee Windows Live ID. passport 1. an official document issued by a government, identifying an individual, granting him permission to travel abroad, and requesting the protection of other governments for him 2. a licence granted by a state to a foreigner, allowing the passage of his person or goods through the country 3. another word for sea letter How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| You must know that, on one occasion, when, for two days, I had felt certain that at any moment I might have to depart for Rome on business, I repaired to the Embassy of the Holy See in Paris, to have my passport visaed. I am, as it were, a man proclaimed; I am in a worse plight even than a tramp who has lost his passport. The Italian says, Sospetto licentia fede; as if suspicion, did give a passport to faith; but it ought, rather, to kindle it to discharge itself. |
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