Definition of Catchword

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(n.)
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.
  
(n.)
Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.
  
(n.)
A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, the catchword of a political party, etc.
  
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catchword
\catch"word`\ (?), n.
1. among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.
2. (print.) 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.
3. a word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, the catchword of a political party, etc.

WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. a favorite saying of a sect or political group
(synonym) motto, slogan, shibboleth
(hypernym) saying, expression, locution
(hyponym) catchphrase, catch phrase
Catchword Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
Catchword is also a name for a headword in a dictionary.
For the game show, see Catchword (game show).
A catchword is a word placed at the foot of a handwritten or printed page that is meant to be bound along with other pages in a book. The word anticipates the first word of the following page. It was meant to help the bookbinder or printer make sure that the leaves were bound in the right order or that the pages were set up in the press in the right order. Catchwords appear in some medieval manuscripts, and appear again in printed books late in the fifteenth century. The practice became widespread in the mid sixteenth century, and prevailed until the arrival of industrial printing techniques late in the eighteenth century.

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