Definition of "watchword" []

• A prearranged reply to a challenge, as from a guard or sentry; a password. (noun)
• A rallying cry: Let our watchword be freedom. (noun)

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• "His watchword is always duty; and he never forgets that the nation which lets its duty get on the opposite side to its interest is lost."
• "I agree that we are treading on slippery ground, so my watchword is "post like a good food critic" i.e. what happened and where without getting into "terrible" and such as adjectives."
• "Their watchword is "All in" -- all in with everything they have, their savings, their property, their skill, the service of their hands, if necessary the service of their lives."