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chamade

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cha⋅made

[shuh-mahd]
–noun Military Archaic.
a signal by drum or trumpet inviting an enemy to a parley.

Origin:
1675–85; < F < Pg chamada, equiv. to cham(ar) to sound (< L clamāre to shout; see claim ) + -ada -ade 1
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