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Meanings of guide word in English

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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.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "catchword"
        Examples for "catchword"
        1
        Protestant ascendency, though used as a catchword, is a thing long past.
        Against Home Rule (1912) / The Case for the Union
        2
        And now it has become the catchword of the entire party.
        The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 4: The Linco...
        3
        The end of a paragraph is the place for a catchword.
        The Making of Arguments
        4
        That title became a catchword usually employed in a derisive manner.
        Promenades of an Impressionist
        5
        He it was who gave to the congress that catchword, legitimacy.
        Germany from the Earliest Period, Volume 4
        Usage of guide word in English
        1
        Forgive me, old father, and thank you for your guiding words.
        The pretender's crown
        2
        Who would not be pleased by a guiding word?
        The Sayings of Confucius
        3
        I spoke the guide words to the spell, letting them draw my hands smoothly through the appropriate gestures.
        The Great Book of Amber