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View synonyms for tocsin
tocsin
[ tok-sin ]
noun
- a signal, especially of alarm, sounded on a bell or bells.
- a bell used to sound an alarm.
tocsin
/ ˈtɒksɪn /
noun
- an alarm or warning signal, esp one sounded on a bell
- an alarm bell
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tocsin1
C16: from French, from Old French toquassen, from Old Provençal tocasenh, from tocar to touch + senh bell, from Latin signum
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Example Sentences
Come on, stand up, brother, father, toll the tocsin [alarm bell]!
From The Daily Beast
Yet, so curiously constituted is the native mind, the blowing-up of the magazine was the final tocsin of revolt.
From Project Gutenberg
The thunder was the tocsin of the storm, but those who came to rob and kill moved unheralded in swift silence.
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Yon deep bell tolls no matin—'tis the tocsin's hurried blare!
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Each morning at dawn the tocsin sounded from Ste. Gudule, and the people rushed to the barricades.
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The announcement of supper, the tocsin of liberty to a majority of the company, interrupted their lively dialogue.
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