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jägarhorn — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clarion noun A medieval brass instrument with a narrow tube and a high, piercing sound, once used to signal in battle.

Senses

jägarhorn is used for these senses in English:

  • clarion (brass instrument, historical, or, poetic) A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound.
  • hunting horn (music) A bugle, being either simply curved (especially in heraldry), or having from one (in e.g. some Roman horns) to three (in many modern musical horns) spirals, on which signals are blown during a hunt.

clarion — full definition

  1. noun A medieval brass instrument with a narrow tube and a high, piercing sound, once used to signal in battle.
  2. adj Loud, clear, and impossible to ignore — especially describing a message or call to action.

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