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n 1: stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition [syn: buzzword, cant]

n 1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people [syn: proverb, adage, saw, byword]

n 1: a favorite saying of a sect or political group [syn: motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth] 2: 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 [syn: guide word, guideword, catchword]

n 1: a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle [syn: crossword puzzle, crossword]

n 1: a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book [syn: foreword, preface, prolusion]

n 1: a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English [syn: loanword, loan]

n 1: a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" [syn: password, watchword, word, parole, countersign]

v 1: express the same message in different words [syn: paraphrase, rephrase, reword]

n 1: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted" [syn: curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss]

n 1: a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'" [syn: war cry, rallying cry, battle cry, cry, watchword] 2: a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" [syn: password, watchword, word, parole, countersign]

n 1: King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972) [syn: Edward, Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor] 2: King of England from 1901 to 1910; son of Victoria and Prince Albert; famous for his elegant sporting ways (1841-1910) [syn: Edward, Edward VII, Albert Edward] 3: King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553) [syn: Edward, Edward VI] 4: King of England who was crowned at the age of 13 on the death of his father Edward IV but was immediately confined to the Tower of London where he and his younger brother were murdered (1470-1483) [syn: Edward, Edward V] 5: King of England from 1461 to 1470 and from 1471 to 1483; was dethroned in 1470 but regained the throne in 1471 by his victory at the battle of Tewkesbury (1442-1483) [syn: Edward, Edward IV] 6: son of Edward II and King of England from 1327-1377; his claim to the French throne provoked the Hundred Years' War; his reign was marked by an epidemic of the Black Plague and by the emergence of the House of Commons as the powerful arm of British Parliament (1312-1377) [syn: Edward, Edward III] 7: King of England from 1307 to 1327 and son of Edward I; was defeated at Bannockburn by the Scots led by Robert the Bruce; was deposed and died in prison (1284-1327) [syn: Edward, Edward II] 8: King of England from 1272 to 1307; conquered Wales (1239-1307) [syn: Edward, Edward I] 9: third son of Elizabeth II (born in 1964) [syn: Edward, Prince Edward, Edward Antony Richard Louis] 10: son of Edward III who defeated the French at Crecy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years' War (1330-1376) [syn: Edward, Black Prince]