pass-word

English

Noun

pass-word (plural pass-words)

1. Archaic form of password being a word used to gain admittance or to gain access to information; watchword.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 87:

     ...—the conviction that she had not a creature on whom she could rely—for, besides Pedro's natural stupidity, he was ignorant of the Italian language; and to trust him with the pass-word taught by her father, might risk the safety of many,—...