Definitions for: Reveille


[n] a signal to get up in the morning; in the military it is a bugle call at sunrise
[n] (military) signal to wake up



Webster (1913) Definition: Re*veil"le, n. [F. r['e]veil, fr. r['e]veiller to
awake; pref. re- re- + pref. es- (L. ex) + veiller to awake,
watch, L. vigilare to watch. The English form was prob. taken
by mistake from the French imper. r['e]veillez,2d pers. pl.
See Vigil.] (Mil.)
The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give
notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the
sentinels to forbear challenging. ``Sound a reveille.''
--Dryden.

For at dawning to assail ye Here no bugles sound
reveille. --Sir W.
Scott.

Synonyms: wake-up signal

See Also: awakening, bugle call, wakening, waking up

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