Meaning of CLARION
| Pronunciation: | | 'klareeun
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- [n] a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
- [adj] loud and clear; "a clarion call"
- [v] proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion
- [v] blow the clarion
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| | Synonyms: | | loud |
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| | See Also: | | brass, exclaim, play, proclaim, promulgate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Clar"i*on\, n. [OE. clarioun, OF. clarion, F. clairon,
LL. clario, claro; so called from its clear tone, fr. L.
clarus clear. See {Clear}.]
A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.
He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of
battle. --E. Everett.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A fourth generation language for MS-DOS. |
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