Clarion - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

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SKIP TO CONTENT clarion /ˈklɛriən/ IPA guide

Other forms: clarions; clarioned; clarioning

If you hear the clarion call of the stage, it means you want to be an actor. Clarion means loud and clear, and a clarion call is a call to something that is hard to ignore.

A clarion is a medieval horn with a clear sound. Hard to ignore, but also pure and clear in tone. There's nothing shrill about a "clarion call." Martin Luther King Jr.'s clarion call for all races in the U.S. to live together in peace and harmony has lived on after his death.

Definitions of clarion

adjective loud and clear “a clarion call” synonyms: loud characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
noun a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone see moresee less type of: brass, brass instrument a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
verb blow the clarion see moresee less type of: play perform music on (a musical instrument)
verb proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion see moresee less type of: exclaim, proclaim, promulgate state or announce

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