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watchword
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Watchword \Watch"word`\, n.
1. 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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2. A sentiment or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or
a signal for action.
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Nor deal in watchwords overmuch. --Tennyson.
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