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watchword definition

watch·word (-wʉrd′)

noun

  1. a password, or countersign
  2. 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 College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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