About The Word Reveille
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Reveille
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What's The Definition Of Reveille?
[n] a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise
[n] (military) signal to wake up Synonyms | Synonyms for Reveille: wake-up signal Related Terms | Find terms related to Reveille: See Also | awakening | bugle call | wakening | waking up Reveille In Webster's Dictionary \Re*veil"le\, n. [F. r['e]veil, fr. r['e]veiller to
awake; pref. re- re- + pref. es- (L. ex) + veiller to awake,
watch, L. vigilare to watch. The English form was prob. taken
by mistake from the French imper. r['e]veillez,2d pers. pl.
See {Vigil}.] (Mil.)
The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give
notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the
sentinels to forbear challenging. ``Sound a reveille.''
--Dryden.
For at dawning to assail ye Here no bugles sound
reveille. --Sir W.
Scott.
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