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
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.
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.
• Locrian, acrinol, alicorn, carolin, clairon, clarino
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.
• 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
27 April 2025
(adjective) not quite exact or correct; “the approximate time was 10 o’clock”; “a rough guess”; “a ballpark estimate”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.