Meanings
nounchamade (plural chamades)
plural chamades
- historicalgovernmentA signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley.
But when the chamade was beat, and the corporal helped my uncle up it, and followed with the colours in his hand, to fix them upon the ramparts.
1762, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 6, Penguin, published 2003, page 402
Origin
- Frenchchamade
- Englishchamade
Borrowed from French chamade, from Italian or Portuguese, from Latin clamare.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Schamade
- Schamadea signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley
Russian шама́д
- шама́д (šamád)a signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with chamade
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Cite this entry
APA
chamade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chamade
MLA
“chamade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chamade. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chamade,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chamade.
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