Reveille

/ˈɹɛ.və.li/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers. countable, uncountable

    "A bugler and his brisk reveille woke them most mornings."

  2. 2
    a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise wordnet
  3. 3
    (military) signal to wake up wordnet

Example

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"Tom played Reveille on his bugle every morning."

Etymology

From French réveillez, imperative form of réveiller (“to wake”).

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