reveille

Etymology

From French réveillez, imperative form of réveiller (“to wake”) .

noun

  1. (military) The sounding of a bugle or drum early in the morning to awaken soldiers.
    A bugler and his brisk reveille woke them most mornings. 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 53

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