Definizione monolingua

watchword

watchword (plural watchwords)

1. a prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry or a guard; a password or signal by which friends can be known from enemies
2. a word used as a motto, as expressive of a principle or rule of action; a maxim, byword
   • 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

     Atrocities of the most vicious kind were justified by the watchwords: ""This is war!"" ""Might is Right."" ""Necessity knows no law.""

3. a rallying cry

Definizione dizionario watchword

	parola d'ordine
	A prearranged reply to the challenge of a sentry.

motto

parola d’ordine

slogan

Altri significati:

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 word used as a motto, as expressive of a principle or rule of action; a maxim, byword

a rallying cry