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Noun
en passant
Definition: (chess) a chess pawn that is moved two squares can be captured by an opponent's pawn commanding the square that was passed
Definition: A move in which a pawn captures an opposing pawn on the same rank immediately after the latter has moved forward two squares on its first move in the game, as if it had moved forward only one square.
Adverb
in passing
en passant
Definition: incidentally; in the course of doing something else; "he made this remark in passing"
Definition: In passing, by the way, incidentally.