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brass band

noun

, Music.
  1. a band made up principally of brass wind instruments.


brass band

noun

  1. See band 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


brass band

  1. A musical group composed of brass and percussion instruments. Sometimes called marching bands, brass bands often play at athletic events and military exercises and in parades.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of brass band1

First recorded in 1825–35
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Example Sentences

One of the most famous in the country, jazz funerals — a brass band and community procession to mourn and celebrate the dead — returned to New Orleans in May when “second line” parades were once again permitted.

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Cover bands, brass bands and soul outfits perform on a floating stage while the audience watches from bleacher-like seats.

There was a brass band in one part of the grounds, and a string band in another, where the young people danced under the trees.

The Brass Band Contest five weeks later was a triumph in a different way.

Jimmie declared that a brass band could have done no more to locate them.

She had fifty-two invited guests aboard—the cream of the town—gentlemen and ladies, and a splendid brass band.

First a bugle was blown, then some louder instrument, and so on, till there was a whole brass band going.

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