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"Watchword"
Keywords:
slogan
,
motto
,
cry
,
rally
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sentiment
A sentiment or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or a signal for action.
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principle, slogan, or motto 14C En "word to pass the watch", later "to signal an attack"
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a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'"
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Keywords:
countersign
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forgot
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sentinels
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password
,
enemy
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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a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password"
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