en passant English

Meaning en passant meaning

What does en passant mean?

en passant

— noun (chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed

— adverb (= in passing) incidentally; in the course of doing something else he made this remark in passing

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en passant English » English

in passing

parenthetically

obiter

by the by