Definition for Bugle (-s)

bugle (-s), n. [OFr < L. búculus < bov-is 'ox'.]

  1. Musician; trumpeter; brass player; [fig.] singing bird.
  2. Trumpet; cornet; military signal horn.
  3. Blast; loud sound; musical noise; burst of air through an instrument.

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