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fanfare definition

fan·fare (fan′fer′)

noun

  1. a loud flourish of trumpets
  2. noisy or showy display

Etymology: Fr < fanfarer, to blow trumpets, prob. < fanfaron, braggart: see fanfaronade

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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