Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Clarion

Clarion , noun

[Old English clarioun, Old French clarion, French clairon, Late Latin clario, claro; so called from its clear tone, from Latin clarus clear. See Clear.]

A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.
He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle. — E. Everett