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sousaphone definition

☆ sousa·phone (so̵̅o̅′zə fōn′, so̵̅o̅′sə-)

noun

a brass instrument of the tuba family, with a large, movable bell: it was developed from the helicon and is used esp. in military bands

Etymology: after John Philip Sousa, who suggested its form

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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