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Definition of Passant
1. Adjective. In walking position with right foreleg raised.
Definition of Passant
1. a. Passing from one to another; in circulation; current.
Definition of Passant
1. Adjective. (heraldry of a four-legged animal) Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) Currently in use; in vogue. (defdate 17th-19th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Passant
1. walking with the farther forepaw raised -- used of a heraldic animal [adj]
Literary usage of Passant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"coats of Commoners, the arms would be described thus : Argent, a bull passant,
within a border sable, charged with eight bezants ; on a dexter canton, ..."
2. Publications by Hampshire Record Society, Winchester, Winchester Hampshire Record Society, American peace society, Algernon Sidney Crapsey, Ernest Howard Crosby, W. Evans Darby, John Hyde De Forest, Charles Edward Jefferson, Augustine Jones, Mrs. L. J. Mead, J. H. Ral (1891)
"Round green seal; a lion counter-passant; inscription: " Sigill' G[al]fridi de
la Fade" (yet the grantor says " huic scripto sigillum meum ..."
3. Diagnostic et séméologie des maladies tropicales by Hermann Toenjes, Andy Adams, R. Wurtz, A. Thiroux, Herbert Myrick (1905)
"CHAPTER VIII EN passant IT was intentionally late in the day when we reached Dodge.
My horse, which I was leading, gave considerable trouble while returning ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"... and under general consent, many opinions are passant, which, upon due examination,
admit of doubt. Bro-wn Since this light was to rest within them, ..."
5. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1847)
"... be furnished with some cold repast en passant, or I will take you to my quarters
about three miles from the Ferry, where you shall be introduced to a ..."
6. Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays by John Bell (1797)
"... The masks be only reads ly passant looks, He dares not venture far into their
booh. Thus then the pit and boxes are his ..."
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