fanfare : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fanfare	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fanfare
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fanfare n a gaudy outward display [syn: ostentation, fanfare, flash] (music) a short lively tune played on brass instruments; "he entered to a flourish of trumpets"; "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" Synonym(s): flourish, fanfare, tucket
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.