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En Passant
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. In passing; in the course of any procedure; -- said specif. (Chess),
2. of the taking of an adverse pawn which makes a first move of two squares by a pawn already so advanced as to threaten the first of these squares. The pawn which takes en passant is advanced to the threatened square.