Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fanfare"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fanfare \Fan"fare`\, n. [F. Cf. {Fanfaron}.]
A flourish of trumpets, as in coming into the lists, etc.;
also, a short and lively air performed on hunting horns
during the chase.
The fanfare announcing the arrival of the various
Christian princes. --Sir W.
Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fanfare
n 1: a showy outward display [syn: {ostentation}]
2: a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered
to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with
a rousing fanfare" [syn: {flourish}]
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