CLARION

clarion

(adjective) loud and clear; โ€œa clarion callโ€

clarion

(noun) a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone

clarion

(verb) proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion

clarion

(verb) blow the clarion

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

clarion (plural clarions)

(historical, musical instrument) A medieval brass instrument, related to the trumpet, or its sound.

Synonym: claro

(heraldiccharge) A different type of musical instrument resembling an organ.

Verb

clarion (third-person singular simple present clarions, present participle clarioning, simple past and past participle clarioned)

(intransitive) To sound a clarion (trumpet-like instrument).

(figurative) To make a similar sound to the instrument.

Anagrams

• Locrian, acrinol, alicorn, carolin, clairon, clarino

Proper noun

Clarion

An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, United States.

A city, the county seat of Wright County, Iowa, United States.

A county seat borough, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States.

A ghost town in Sanpete County, Utah, United States.

A river in Pennsylvania, a tributary of the Allegheny River.

Anagrams

• Locrian, acrinol, alicorn, carolin, clairon, clarino

Source: Wiktionary


Clar"i*on, n. Etym: [OE. clarioun, OF. clarion, F. clairon, LL. clario, claro; so called from its clear tone, fr. L. clarus clear. See Clear.]

Definition: A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill. He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle. E. Everett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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