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CLARION
clarion
(adjective) loud and clear; “a clarion call”
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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