watchword

English - Turkish

Definition of watchword in English Turkish dictionary: {i} düstur; şifre; slogan; parola; (isim) parola

English - English

Definition of watchword in English English dictionary: a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies; a rallying cry; a word used as a motto, as expressive of a principle or rule of action; a maxim, byword
Atrocities of the most vicious kind were justified by the watchwords: This is war! Might is Right. Necessity knows no law..; {n} a sentinel's night-word; a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry etc; a password; A sentiment or motto; esp; {i} password; slogan; a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password"; a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'"; 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; Someone's watchword is a word or phrase that sums up their attitude or approach to a particular subject or to things in general. Caution has been one of Mr Allan's watchwords. a word or phrase that expresses an attitude or belief; one used as a rallying cry or a signal for action
watchwords: plural of watchword

watchword

Hyphenation

watch·word

wäçwırd

/ˈwäʧˌwərd/ /ˈwɑːʧˌwɜrd/

[ -"w&rd ] (noun.) 15th century. From Middle English waccheword, morphologically as watch +‎ word.

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