sousaphone
noun/ˈsuːzəfəʊn/
/ˈsuːzəfəʊn/
- a brass instrument like a tuba, used in marching bands in the USTopics Musicc2Word Origin1920s: named after J. P. Sousa (1854-1932), the American composer and conductor, on the pattern of saxophone.
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