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chamade
[ shuh-mahd ]
noun
, Military Archaic.
- a signal by drum or trumpet inviting an enemy to a parley.
chamade
/ ʃəˈmɑːd /
noun
- military (formerly) a signal by drum or trumpet inviting an enemy to a parley
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chamade1
C17: from French, from Portuguese chamada, from chamar to call, from Latin clamāre
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Example Sentences
A white flag waved on the rampart, and the drums of the garrison beat the chamade.
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Upon which Harsch, next morning, has to beat the chamade, and surrender Prisoner of War.
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He asked me, "Don't you know the rules of war, then; that you fire after chamade is beaten?"
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I answered in my heat, "I knew of no chamade; what poltroonery or what treachery had been going on, I knew not!"
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He had gone through all his money, and had now only the farm of La Chamade left.
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