alarum

[uh-lar-uh m, uh-lahr-]

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noun Archaic.

alarm.

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Related Words for alarum

bell, siren, warning, signal, alert

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Historical Examples of alarum

Listen: I hear the sound of the trumpet and the alarum of war.
The Scapegoat
Hall Caine
Should he lead up to his news by gradual steps or give it forth like an alarum?
Gilian The Dreamer
Neil Munro
The seven o'clock alarum woke him to the preparation of the evening meal.
Fraternity
John Galsworthy
There he kept it with his breath subdued, and the alarum severely quelled.
Doom Castle
Neil Munro
Shall the alarum be blown in a city, and the people not tremble?
The Expositor's Bible: The Book of the Twelve Prophets, Vol. I
George Adam Smith

British Dictionary definitions for alarum

alarum

noun

archaic an alarm, esp a call to arms

(used as a stage direction, esp in Elizabethan drama) a loud disturbance or conflict (esp in the phrase alarums and excursions)

Word Origin for alarum

C15: variant of alarm

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Word Origin and History for alarum

obsolete and poetic spelling of alarm (n.).