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chamade

[ shuh-mahd ]

noun

, Military Archaic.
  1. a signal by drum or trumpet inviting an enemy to a parley.


chamade

/ ʃəˈmɑːd /

noun

  1. military (formerly) a signal by drum or trumpet inviting an enemy to a parley
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chamade1

1675–85; < French < Portuguese chamada, equivalent to cham ( ar ) to sound (< Latin clamāre to shout; claim ) + -ada -ade 1
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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.

Upon which Harsch, next morning, has to beat the chamade, and surrender Prisoner of War.

He asked me, "Don't you know the rules of war, then; that you fire after chamade is beaten?"

I answered in my heat, "I knew of no chamade; what poltroonery or what treachery had been going on, I knew not!"

He had gone through all his money, and had now only the farm of La Chamade left.

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