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fanfare

fan·fare

UK/ˈfænfɛə/ US/ˈfænfɛɹ/ fairly common

noun

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(music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments

  • “he entered to a flourish of trumpets”
  • “her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare”
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Borrowed from French fanfare; some senses apparently influenced by surface analysis, fan + fare.

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