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portpass

noun

Etymology

From port + pass. Compare passport.

  1. derived from *peth₂-✻
  2. derived from *pattus✻
  3. derived from passus
  4. derived from *passo✻ — “step, walk, pass”
  5. derived from passer
  6. inherited from passen
  7. compounded as portpass — “port + pass”

Definitions

  1. A document or documentation allowing for legal entry into another land

    A document or documentation allowing for legal entry into another land; a passport.

    • “Is this enough?” The man frowned as he inspected the coin. “We don't take foreign money. You got traveler's checks?” “I have a portpass.” Tali flashed the small document that claimed Miss Smith was in this country legally.

  2. Anything allowing for entry into or through a port.

    • The fingerprints are used for a quick background check with the FBI's IAFIS database, and the photograph and hand geometry are stored on a personalized smartcard, the “portpass.”

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for portpass. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA