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Definition of reveille noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

reveille

noun
 
/rɪˈvæli/
 
/ˈrevəli/
[uncountable]
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  1. a tune that is played to wake soldiers in the morning; the time when it is played
    • Reveille sounded at first light.
    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French réveillez! ‘wake up!’, imperative plural of réveiller, based on Latin vigilare ‘keep watch’.
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