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reveille

/ˈɹɛ.və.li/

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What does reveille mean?

noun

  1. The sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɹɛ.və.li/

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It is only upon dry, seasoned timber, freed of its bark, that he beats his reveille to spring and wooes his mate.
John BurroughsBirds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #3163
Just after reveille on the morning of June 22d the companies were marched to their company streets, and the "plebes" assigned to each followed in rear.
Henry Ossian FlipperHenry Ossian Flipper, the Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S.A., First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military AcademyProject Gutenberg ebook #2448
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“It should be in the hands of all.”—Reveille.
S. D. (Samuel Dwight) HumphreyAmerican Hand Book of the DaguerreotypeProject Gutenberg ebook #167