English Dictionary

Definition of “alarum”

alarum (əˈlærəm ; -ˈlɑːr-; -ˈlɛər-)

(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)

C15: variant of alarm

As the dwarven party passed by, the pair went tense, ready to sound an alarum , no doubt, at the least sign of trouble.

Kerr, Katharine A Time of War

Czech & Speake's rose geranium No 88 makes a terrific alarum (Pounds 61, 0800 919728).

Times, Sunday Times (2005)

It was the usual Stevenson family shuttlecock of illness and alarum.

Claire Harman ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (2005)

With the year not even half over, it appears that the only ones left to ring alarum bells next December will be lawyers looking for clients.

New Scientist (1999)

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