Definition of Countersigns

1. Noun. (plural of countersign) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of countersign) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Countersigns

1. countersign [v] - See also: countersign

Lexicographical Neighbors of Countersigns

countersecuring
countershading
countershadings
countershaft
countershafts
countershock
countershot
countershots
countersign
countersignal
countersignals
countersignature
countersignatures
countersigned
countersigning
countersigns (current term)
countersing
countersinging
countersings
countersink
countersink bit
countersinking
countersinks
counterslogan
counterslogans
countersniper
countersnipers
counterspell
counterspells
counterspies

Literary usage of Countersigns

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes and Incidents of the War of the Rebellion by Richard Miller Devens (1884)
"... REVIEWS, ORDNANCE, PASSES, PAROLES, FURLOUGHS, countersigns, ETC. MUSTERING IK ; SPLENDID SPECIMENS or SOLDIERLY MOVEMENT ; DEXTEROUS HANDLING OF ARMS; ..."

2. Manual of Military Training by James Alfred Moss (1914)
"(208) countersigns and Paroles. Forty-fourth Article of War. Any person belonging to the armies of the United States who makes known the watchword to any ..."

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