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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a slogan used to rally support for a cause;
- Example: "a cry to arms"
- Example: "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;
- Example: "he forgot the password"
[syn: password, watchword, word, parole, countersign]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A sentiment or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or
      a signal for action.
      [1913 Webster]

            Nor deal in watchwords overmuch.      --Tennyson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]