motto
a maxim adopted as an expression of the guiding principle of a person, organization, city, etc.
a sentence, phrase, or word expressing the spirit or purpose of a person, organization, city, etc., and often inscribed on a badge, banner, etc.
Origin of motto
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How to use motto in a sentence
Charlie: Rachel, Don't Ask, Don't Tell has always been one of my favorite mottos.
"Our garters, bellows, and warming-pans wore godly mottos," &c.
On the sofa the velvet and plush pillows were embroidered with mottos and flowers.
The Narrow House | Evelyn ScottThe following pleases me most of all the mottos I have thought of.
The Works of William Cowper | William CowperBell takes scripture to mean the mottos or posies on the rings.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7) | Geoffrey Chaucer
There were crackers in it with the tenderest mottos that could be got for money.
The Personal History of David Copperfield | Charles Dickens
British Dictionary definitions for motto
/ (ˈmɒtəʊ) /
a short saying expressing the guiding maxim or ideal of a family, organization, etc, esp when part of a coat of arms
a short explanatory phrase inscribed on or attached to something
a verse or maxim contained in a paper cracker
a quotation prefacing a book or chapter of a book
a recurring musical phrase
Origin of motto
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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