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Adjective: clarion  kler-ee-un [N. Amer], kla-ree-un [Brit]
  1. Loud and clear
    "a clarion call"
Noun: clarion  kler-ee-un [N. Amer], kla-ree-un [Brit]
  1. A medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
    "The clarion announced the arrival of the king"
Verb: clarion  kler-ee-un [N. Amer], kla-ree-un [Brit]
  1. Proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion
    "The trumpets clarioned the arrival of the royal procession"
     
  2. (music) blow the clarion
    "The herald clarioned the arrival of the king"

Derived forms: clarioned, clarions, clarioning

See also: loud

Type of: brass, brass instrument, exclaim, play, proclaim, promulgate, promulge [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Clarion, Michigan