passman

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passman¹

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From pass + -man.

noun passmen

  1. UK, archaic One who passes a university degree, but without honours. 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; […]

    Similar: poll, pollman

Passman²

proper noun Passmans

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a seller or grower of peas.

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@misc{passman_2026,
  title = {passman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/passman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}