Alarum Definition

ə-lärəm, -lăr-
noun
A warning or alarm, especially a call to arms.
American Heritage

Alarm.

Webster's New World

A danger signal or warning.

Wiktionary
A call to arms.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb

(archaic) To sound alarums, to sound an alarm.

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Other Word Forms of Alarum

Noun

Singular:
alarum
Plural:
alarums

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Alarum

Origin of Alarum

  • From Middle English alarom, from Italian all'arme (“to arms, to the weapons”), from arma, armorum (“weapons”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English alarom variant of alarm alarm alarm

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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Words Starting With

AALALA

Words Ending With

MUMRUM

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