| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pas·sant |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p s  nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Heraldry Being a beast facing and walking toward the viewer's left with one front leg raised. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, present participle of passer, to pass. See pass.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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