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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

Incidentally; in the course of doing something else. Synonym: in passing.

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"En passant" Quotes from Famous Books

... tree. When she had ascended about eight feet, she remained stationary, looking at us without any appearance of dismay. I continued to pursue a straight- forward course, but told Yuranigh to inquire, EN PASSANT, what was the name of the river; to which question she replied, in his own language, "The name of that water is Maranoa:" thus confirming the name we had already understood, however indirectly, to be that of the river. It proved the accuracy ...

— Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia • Thomas Mitchell

... see yonder! Three "turbaned Turks" make their advances. How gaily, how magnificently they are attired! What finely proportioned limbs—what beautifully formed features! They have been carousing, peradventure, with some young Greeks—who have just saluted them, en passant—at the famous coffee-house before mentioned. Everything around you is novel and striking; while the verdure of the trees and lawns is yet fresh, and the sun does not seem yet disposed to sink below the horizon. The carriages still move on, ...

— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume V (of X) • Various