PASSANT

a.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Passing from one to another; in circulation; current. [Obs.] Many opinions are passant. Sir T. Browne.

2.
a.

Curs [Obs.] On a passant rewiew of what I wrote to the bishop. Sir P. Pett.

3.
a.

Surpassing; excelling. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4.
a.

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