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watchword
(encz) | watchword,heslo n: Zdeněk Brož |
watchword
(encz) | watchword,slogan n: Zdeněk Brož |
Watchword
(gcide) | 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.
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2. A sentiment or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or
a signal for action.
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Nor deal in watchwords overmuch. --Tennyson.
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watchword
(wn) | watchword
n 1: a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to
arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'" [syn: war cry,
rallying cry, battle cry, cry, watchword]
2: a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he
forgot the password" [syn: password, watchword, word,
parole, countersign] |
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Watchword
(gcide) | 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.
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2. A sentiment or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or
a signal for action.
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Nor deal in watchwords overmuch. --Tennyson.
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