Category:Passant

Pas"sant, a. Etym: [f., p.pr. of passer. See pass, v. i.]

1. Passing from one to another; in circulation; current. [obs.] Many opinions are passant. Sir t. Browne.

2. Curs [obs.] On a passant rewiew of what i wrote to the bishop. Sir p. Pett.

3. Surpassing; excelling. [obs.] Chaucer.

4. (her.)

Defn: walking; -- said of any animal on an escutcheon, which is Represented as walking with the dexter paw raised.