English Explanatory Dictionary

safe conduct

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The security given by authority of a government to a stranger for his quietly coming into and passing out of the territories over which said government has jurisdiction or control.

Word forms

safe conduct safe-conduct

Etymology

Attested as early as the 14th century in Robert of Gloucerster's chronicles written in Middle English; ultimately a calque of Old French sauf-conduit.

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