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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 upplay

2. a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunriseplay

  Familiarity information: REVEILLE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REVEILLE (noun)


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...):

awakening; wakening; waking up (the act of waking)


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