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Noun: fanfare  'fan,fehr
  1. A gaudy outward display
    - ostentation, flash
     
  2. (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments
    "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare";
    - flourish, tucket

Derived forms: fanfares

Type of: air, display, line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune

Encyclopedia: Fanfare

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