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Catchword

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Noun

1. catchword, motto, shibboleth, slogan

a favorite saying of a sect or political group

2. catchword, guide word, guideword

a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Catchword

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noun
1. 
a word or phrase made temporarily popular, esp by a political campaign; slogan
2. 
a word printed as a running head in a reference book
3. theatre
an actor's cue to speak or enter
4. 
the first word of a printed or typewritten page repeated at the bottom of the page preceding

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Catchword

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noun
1.  Obsolete
the first word of a book page, printed in the lower right-hand corner of the preceding page to catch the binder's eye
2. 
guide word
3. 
an actor's cue
4. 
a word or phrase repeated so often that it comes to epitomize a certain group, movement, etc.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Catchword

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n.
1. A well-known word or phrase, especially one that exemplifies a notion, class, or quality: "We're turned off by the label 'sexy' when used as a catchword for every new design" (Miriam Lang).
2. Printing
a. A guideword.
b. The first word of a page printed in the bottom right-hand corner of the preceding page.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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