Passman
name, noun
name, noun ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who passes a university degree, but without honours. British, archaic
"As one reads history—not in the expurgated editions written for schoolboys and passmen, but in the original authorities of each time—one is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted; […]"
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation for a seller or grower of peas.
Example
More examples"As one reads history—not in the expurgated editions written for schoolboys and passmen, but in the original authorities of each time—one is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted; […]"
Etymology
From pass + -man.
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