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last post

last post noun: the sounding of a bugle, signalling the evening hour to bed down, also used at military funerals and remembrance services.

Noun

last post (plural last posts)

  1. (Canada, UK) The sounding of a bugle, signalling the evening hour to bed down, also used at military funerals and remembrance services.
    • Twenty minutes is allowed for the duration of the roll-call, the commencement and finish of which are sounded on the bugle, and are called the first and last ‘posts.’1876 September 30, “Drummers and Fifers”, in Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, volume 4, number 666, page 629

last post meaning in Tamil

last post in Tamil

படைத்துறை ஒலி

Forms of last post

plurallast posts

Questions about last post

What does last post mean?
Last post means the sounding of a bugle, signalling the evening hour to bed down, also used at military funerals and remembrance services.
What is last post in Tamil?
Last post in Tamil is படைத்துறை ஒலி. See Last post meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is last post?
Last post is a noun.
What is the plural of last post?
The plural of last post is last posts.

Words near last post in the dictionary

  1. last orders
  2. last out
  3. last parsec problem
  4. last photon orbit
  5. last photon orbits
  6. last post
  7. last posts
  8. last quarter
  9. last quarters
  10. last refuge
  11. last refuges

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