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watchword |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Watchword \Watch"word`\, n. 1. A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not a countersign; a password. 2. A sentiment or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or a signal for action Nor deal in watchwords overmuch. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: watchword n : a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group "he forgot the password" [syn: {password}, {word}, {parole}, {countersign}]
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