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clarion
/ˈklɛɹiən/
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What does clarion mean?
noun
- The sound of a clarion (sense 1), or any sound resembling the loud, high-pitched note of a clarion.
- An organ stop consisting of pipes with reeds giving a high-pitched note like that of a clarion (sense 1).
- The middle register of the clarinet.
More meanings (12)
noun
- A charge thought to represent a type of wind instrument, a keyboard instrument like a spinet, or perhaps a rest used by a knight to support a lance during jousting.
- (historical) A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound.
adjective
- Of a sound, a voice, a message, etc.: brilliantly clear.
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Wright County, Iowa, United States.
- A borough, the county seat of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A ghost town in Sanpete County, Utah, United States.
- A river in Pennsylvania, a tributary of the Allegheny River.
verb
- (rare) To announce or herald (something) using a clarion (noun sense 1).
- (figuratively, rare) To announce or herald (something) clearly, especially so as to stir or unite people.
- (figuratively, rare) Of a thing: to cause (a place) to echo with a sound like that of a clarion.
- (rare) To sound a clarion; also, to make a high-pitched, piercing sound like that of a clarion.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈklɛɹiən/
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Fearless, unfound, unfitted, far from the night and the cold, Heard we the clarion summons, followed the master-lure--Gold!
The heralds left their pricking up and down, Now ringen trumpets loud and clarion.
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His first act when he burst out of the archway was to call in a clarion voice down the street: “Are there any Frenchmen here?”
We passed through these, in which were several loons, or great northern divers, quietly floating, and as they watched us, sending forth their clear and clarion voices over the water.
To the cheer and the clarion, the war-music blended With war-cry, the furious dash at the foe, The terrible shock, the recoil, and the splendid Bare sword, flashing blue, rising red from the blow.