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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F. Cf.

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.

Noun.

A coming into the lists with sound of trumpets; a flourish of trumpets.