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passant
/ˈpæsənt/
adj 2
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4ADJ.
black, concerning, golden, many, special
VERB + PASSANT
bore
PASSANT + NOUN
basilisk, regardant
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
1
Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground.
He them espying, gan himselfe prepare, / And on his arme addresse his goodly shield / That bore a Lion passant in a golden field.
The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […].
2
Currently in use; in vogue.
Many opinions are passant concerning the basilisk, or little king of serpents, commonly called the cockatrice [...].
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He them espying, gan himselfe prepare, / And on his arme addresse his goodly shield / That bore a Lion passant in a golden field.
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The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the se
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Many opinions are passant concerning the basilisk, or little king of serpents, commonly called the cockatrice [...].
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The white pawn took the black pawn "en passant".
Tatoeba · #995083305
The "en passant" capture is a peculiarity of the pawn movement. No other chess piece can do anything like that.
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En passant is a special type of pawn move in chess.
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