Reveille Definition
rĕvə-lē
noun
A signal on a bugle, drum, etc. at some fixed time early in the morning to waken soldiers or sailors or call them to first assembly.
Webster's New World
This bugle call or its equivalent.
American Heritage
The first assembly of the day.
Webster's New World
A signal to get up out of bed.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Reveille
Noun
Singular:
reveillePlural:
reveillesOrigin of Reveille
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Alteration of French réveillez second person pl. imperative of réveiller to wake from Old French resveiller re- re- esveiller to awake (from Vulgar Latin exvigilāre) (Latin ex- ex-) (Latin vigilāre to awake) (from vigil awake weg- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French réveillez, imperative form of réveiller (“to wake") .
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