clarion

Meanings

Noun

• A medieval brass instrument, related to the trumpet.
• The sound of a clarion, or any sound resembling the loud, piping note of a clarion.
• An organ stop consisting of pipes with reeds giving a high pitched note.
• A type of musical instrument resembling an organ.

Adjective

• Brilliantly clear.
• Loud and clear.

Verb

• To sound a clarion .
• To make a similar sound to the instrument.
• To announce or herald, so as to stir or unite people.

Origin

• From Middle English clarion, clarioun, from Old French claron, clarïon, from Medieval Latin clario ("trumpet"), from Latin clārus ("clear").