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warison

UK/ˈwɒɹɪsən/US/ˈwɔɹəsən/

warison noun: a war cry played to order the soldiers to attack (normally played on a bugle).

Noun

warison (plural warisons)

  1. (obsolete) A war cry played to order the soldiers to attack (normally played on a bugle).
    • Then since a lone and widowed Dame / These restless riders may not tame, / Either receive within thy towers / Two hundred of my master’s powers, / Or straight they sound their warison§, / And storm and spoil thy garrison; […]1805, Walter Scott, “Canto Fourth”, in The Lay of the Last Minstrel: A Poem, London: […] [James Ballantyne] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], and A[rchibald] Constable and Co., […], →OCLC...

warison meaning in Urdu

warison in Urdu

جنگی ناقوس

Forms of warison

pluralwarisons
alternative formwarrison

Origin of warison

Borrowed from Middle Scots warisoun, from Middle English warisoun (“reward, punishment”), from Old Northern French warison, variant garison, guarison. Doublet of garrison. The change in sense from "reward" to "bugle call" arose from Walter Scott's apparent misinterpretation of a line in the Middle English text The Battle of Otterburn, equivalent to modern English "Minstrels, play up for your warison".

Questions about warison

What does warison mean?
Warison means a war cry played to order the soldiers to attack (normally played on a bugle).
What is warison in Urdu?
Warison in Urdu is جنگی ناقوس. See Warison meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is warison?
Warison is a noun.
How do you pronounce warison?
Warison is pronounced /ˈwɒɹɪsən/ (UK).
What is the plural of warison?
The plural of warison is warisons.

Words near warison in the dictionary

  1. warished
  2. warishes
  3. warishing
  4. warism
  5. warisome
  6. warison
  7. warisons
  8. wark
  9. Warka
  10. Warkany syndrome
  11. Warkany syndrome 1

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