Watchword Definition

wŏchwûrd
watchwords
noun
watchwords
A password, or countersign.
Webster's New World
A prearranged reply to a challenge, as from a guard or sentry; a password.
American Heritage
A word or phrase embodying a principle or precept, esp. one used as the slogan or cry of a group or party.
Webster's New World

A rallying cry.

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Noun

Singular:
watchword
Plural:
watchwords

Origin of Watchword

  • From Middle English waccheword, morphologically as watch +"Ž word.

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Watchword Sentence Examples

  • This principle became the watchword of the entire school of Saint-Simon.

  • Her name was a watchword for the progressive faction.

  • Their watchword was the constitution of 1861, which had been drawn up by their leaders; they demanded that it should be restored, and with it parliamentary government.

  • The Union has over 3000 members (of whom 1400 have gone to the field), and has adopted as its watchword, " The Evangelization of the World in this Generation "; and this motto has been approved by several bishops and other Christian leaders.

  • This doctrine became the watchword of the moderate Hussites who were known as the Utraquists or Calixtines (calix, the chalice), in Bohemian, podoboji; while the more advanced Hussites were soon known as the Taborites, from the city of Tabor that became their centre.

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Words Starting With

WWAWAT

Words Ending With

DRDORD

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Words Starting With W and Ending With D

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With W9 Letter Words Ending With D