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levet

/ˈlɛvɪt/

levet noun: a trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.

Noun

levet (plural levets)

  1. (obsolete) A trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
    • First he that led the cavalcate,
      Wore a sow-gelder's flagellet,
      On which he blew as strong a levet.1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished...

Forms of levet

plurallevets

Origin of levet

Compare French lever (“to raise”).

Questions about levet

What does levet mean?
Levet means a trumpet call for rousing soldiers; a reveille.
What part of speech is levet?
Levet is a noun.
How do you pronounce levet?
Levet is pronounced /ˈlɛvɪt/.
What is the plural of levet?
The plural of levet is levets.

Words near levet in the dictionary

  1. leverwoods
  2. Levesley
  3. Leveson
  4. Levesque
  5. Levesques
  6. levet
  7. levetimide
  8. levetiracetam
  9. levetirazetam
  10. levets
  11. Levett

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