Catchword

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  • noun. A well-known word or phrase, especially one that exemplifies a notion, class, or quality.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A guideword.
  • noun. The first word of a page printed in the bottom right-hand corner of the preceding page.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In old writing and printing, a word of the text standing by itself in the right-hand corner of the bottom of a page, the same as the first word of the next page, to mark the connection or proper sequence.
  • noun. In the drama, the last word of a speaker, which serves to remind the one who is to follow him of what he is to say; a cue.
  • noun. A word caught up and repeated for effect; a taking word or phrase used as a partizan cry or shibboleth: as, the catchword of a political party.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.
  • noun. The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing.
  • noun. A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A word under the right-hand side of the last line on a book page that repeats the first word on the following page.
  • noun. A word or expression repeated until it becomes representative of a party, school, business, or point of view.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a favorite saying of a sect or political group
  • noun. 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
  • Word Usage
    "After all "the people of God" is just a misleading "catchword" for Ratzinger."
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