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Definition of Catchword
1. Noun. A favorite saying of a sect or political group.
Generic synonyms: Expression, Locution, Saying
Specialized synonyms: Catch Phrase, Catchphrase, Mantra, Battle Cry, Cry, Rallying Cry, War Cry, Watchword
Derivative terms: Sloganeer
2. 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.
Definition of Catchword
1. n. Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.
Definition of Catchword
1. 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. ¹
2. Noun. A word or expression repeated until it becomes representative of a party, school, business, or point of view. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Catchword
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catchword
Literary usage of Catchword
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Journey Round the Library of a Bibliomaniac: Or, Cento of Notes and by William Davis (1821)
"Pages 167, 167, wrong paged and wrong catchword; against, should be well. ... B.
In some copies the catchword at page 300 is Essex, and in others Pembroke, ..."
2. A General Bibliographical Dictionary by Friedrich Adolf Ebert, Arthur Browne (1837)
"and 164 numbered, with 2 columns and 50 lines, without signatures, catchword«,
and pagination. ... catchword ..."
3. Washington and the Riddle of Peace by Herbert George Wells (1922)
""SECURITY"—THE NEW AND BEAUTIFUL catchword Washington, November 20. TIIK new and
really quite beautiful catchword ..."
4. The Huth Library: A Catalogue of the Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph by Henry Huth, Frederick Startridge Ellis, William Carew Hazlitt (1880)
"Mr. Corsets collation is slightly inaccurate, in consequence of his having mistaken
a catchword for a signature. ..."
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