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REVEILLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reveille mean?
• REVEILLE (noun)
The noun REVEILLE has 2 senses:
1. (military) signal to wake up
2. a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise
Familiarity information: REVEILLE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(military) signal to wake up
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
reveille; wake-up signal
Hypernyms ("reveille" is a kind of...):
bugle call (a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reveille" is a kind of...):
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