war-noten.
/ˈwɔːnəʊt/, U.S. /ˈwɔrˌnoʊt/ A musical summons to war (poetic). Also figurative.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal on instrument
point of war1578
war-note1805
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > music on specific instrument > [noun] > wind music > trumpet-call
point of war1578
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trumpet-call1808
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trumpet-blast1837
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel iii. xxvi. 84 The warder..blew his war-note loud and long.
1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xxvi. 16 Wild and high the ‘Cameron's gathering’ rose! The war-note of Lochiel.
1897 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 399 The old war~note of strife for strife's sake has lost something..of its relentless and brutal barbarities.
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